Stan Winston Has Died

One of the greatest names in special effects, Stan Winston has died at age 62. There are probably three names I can think of when it comes to true special effects: Ray Harryhausen, Rick Baker, and Stan Winston.

Known particularly for his robotic and animatronic special effects on films from The Terminator to Iron Man, Stan has been one of the main 'go-to' effects masters for the last 20 years. Much of his work was done before the days of CGI, when you actually had to make a solid, tangible creation for almost anything you saw on screen.

He was a winner of numerous awards including 3 Oscars and 2 Emmys. He was the creative force behind the creature effects on such films as Gargoyles (a 1972 TV movie that scared the crap out of me as a kid), Starman, Aliens, The Monster Squad, and the Terminator series and more.

Steven Spielberg, who worked with Winston on several films, said in a statement "Stan was a fearless and courageous artist/inventor and for many projects, I rode his cutting edge from teddy bears to aliens to dinosaurs. My world would not have been the same without Stan. What I will miss most is his easy laugh every time he said to me, 'Nothing is impossible.'"

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