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Posted by tjpatel on Jun-16-2008 23:03:

Stan Winston Dies at 62

From the LA Times:

Stan Winston, the Oscar-winning special-effects maestro responsible for bringing the dinosaurs of "Jurrasic Park" and other iconic movie creatures to life, has died. He was 62.

Winston died at his home in Malibu surrounded by family on Sunday evening after a seven-year struggle with multiple myeloma, according to a representative from Stan Winston Studio.

Photos: Stan Winston's creature features
Working with such directors as Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and Tim Burton in a career spanning more than four decades, Winston created some of the most memorable visual effects in cinematic history. He helped bring the dinosaurs from "Jurassic Park," the extraterrestrials from "Aliens, the robots from "Terminator" and "Edward Scissorhands" to the big screen.

"The entertainment industry has lost a genius, and I lost one of my best friends with the death Sunday night of Stan Winston," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said in a statement. "Stan's work and four Oscars speak for themselves and will live on forever. What will live forever in my heart is the way that Stan loved everyone and treated each of his friends like they were family."

Winston won visual effects Oscars for 1986's "Aliens," 1992's "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" and 1993's "Jurassic Park." He also won a makeup Oscar for 1992's "Batman Returns."

Winston was nominated for his work on "Heartbeeps," "Predator," "Edward Scissorhands," "Batman Returns," "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" and "A.I." He last worked with director Jon Favreau on "Iron Man."

At the time of his death, Winston was in the process of transforming his physical makeup and effects studio into the new Winston Effects Group with a team of senior effects supervisors. Winton's most recent projects included "Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins," "G.I. Joe," "Shutter Island" and Cameron's "Avatar."

As a child growing up in Virginia, Winston enjoyed drawing, puppetry and classic horror films. After graduating from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville in 1968, Winston moved to Southern California to become an actor but instead worked behind the scenes and completed a three-year makeup apprenticeship program at Walt Disney Studios in 1972.

Winston is survived by his wife, Karen; a son, daughter, brother and four grandchildren.

Posted by gypsygirl on Jun-17-2008 02:35:

yeah, this is sad, my brother has worked been working for stan for the last 2 years. there were a lot of tears at the shop in the last few weeks since they knew it was so close to the end. i was at a party this past weekend with some of the other guys who work at that shop and they were pretty somber about it. we definitely have lost one of the true effects talents in this town!!

Posted by JCIZZLE! on Jun-17-2008 04:19:

are you freaking kidding me, this man pushed the envelope and changed the way movies were made.

Posted by R!CH on Jun-17-2008 04:50:

damn, that's quite a resume he had! terrible loss for the movie industry... i'm looking forward to last few projects though