Farewell Stan Winston
June 15, 2008
Stanley Winston (April 7, 1946 – June 15, 2008) Special-effects wizard Stan Winston, who won Oscars for his work in Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Jurassic Park, died Sunday at his home in Malibu, California. He was 62.
Most recently, Stan Winston Studio devised the suits featured in Iron Man. The movie’s director, Jon Favreau, said Winston brought a “childlike enthusiasm” to his craft.
“He was the king of integrating practical effects with CGI, never losing his relevance in an ever-changing industry,” Favreau said in a statement. “I am proud to have worked with him and we were looking forward to future collaborations. I knew that he was struggling, but I had no idea that he would be gone so soon. Hollywood has lost a shining star.”
In the wake of Winston’s death following a seven-year battle against multiple myeloma cancer, Aliens producer Anne Hurd told Variety: “Stan Winston never looked at anything as a problem. It was always an opportunity. I never saw him defeatist, regardless of what may have happened. And he had an incredible childlike passion for films and for makeup effects and animatronics.”
Stan was a true innovator and one of the best in business and will be greatly missed - RIP.
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