Stan Winston

Biography

Stanley Winston (April 7, 1946 – June 15, 2008) was an American visual effects supervisor, makeup artist, and film director. He was best known for his work in the Terminator series, the Jurassic Park series, Aliens, the Predator series, Iron Man, Edward Scissorhands, Avatar and Enthiran. He won four Academy Awards for his work. Winston, a frequent collaborator with director James Cameron, owned several effects studios, including Stan Winston Digital. The established areas of expertise for Winston were in makeup, puppets and practical effects, but he had recently expanded his studio to encompass digital effects as well.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Return to Jurassic Park (2011) — Self (archive footage)
2. The Movies That Made Us (2019) — Self (archive footage)
3. Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006) — Self
4. The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' (1991) — Self
5. Biography (1987) — Self
6. The Thing: Terror Takes Shape (1998) — Self
7. The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1995) — Self
8. Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' (2003) — Self
9. Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin (1992) — Self
10. Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?) (1995) — Self
11. The Making of 'Terminator 2 3D' (2000) — Self
12. The Mike Douglas Show (1961) — Self
13. The Making Of Jurassic Park III (2001) — Self
14. The Making of the Terminator (1985) — Self
15. The Making of 'The Lost World' (1997) — Self
16. Fangoria: Blood Drive (2004) — Himself / DVD Extras
17. Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator' (2001) — Self
18. T2: More Than Meets the Eye (1993) — Self
19. No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects (2003)
20. Bloodsucking Cinema (2007) — Self
21. The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' (2005) — Self (archive footage)
22. Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection (2005) — Self
23. Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs (1999) — Self
24. Hollywood Halloween (1997) — Self
25. If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator' (2000) — Self
26. Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn' (2004) — Self
27. Stan Winston: Monster Mogul (2004) — Self
28. Eliza Dushku: Babe in the Woods (2004) — Self
29. In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire (2000) — Self
30. Michael Jackson: The Making of Ghosts (2002) — Self
31. Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects (1994) — Self
32. I Am 'Iron Man' (2008) — Self
33. Predator: The Life Inside (2001) — Self
34. Monster Maker — Self (archive footage)

Directed

1. Pumpkinhead (1988) — Director
2. Ghosts (1997) — Director
3. A Gnome Named Gnorm (1991) — Director