Wes Craven who presented the First Annual Maniac Award to Stan Winston poses with Stan at the closing night party of the First Annual ManiaFest copyright Harold Sherrick
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Stan Winston Passes Away at 62
By: Jarrod SarafinDate: Monday, June 16, 2008
Source: Associated Press Release
Stan Winston, one of the industry's most noted special effects and makeup artists who was best known for his work on such projects as the Terminator and Jurassic Park films, died Sunday. He was 62.
Winston died peacefully and surrounded by family at his home Sunday evening, after a seven-year struggle with multiple myeloma, a Stan Winston Studio spokesperson said.
Winston was a collaborator with such leading filmmakers as James Cameron and Steven Spielberg, and he worked on some of his generation's most memorable films.
He won four Oscars, for the VFX in Titanic, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Aliens; and for the makeup on "T2." His earned additional Oscar nominations for his work on AI: Artificial Intelligence, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Batman Returns, Edward Scissorhands, Predator and Heartbeeps.
Winston's Stan Winston Studio created characters, creatures and monsters for motion pictures and TV.
He was one of the original founders of VFX house Digital Domain, though he was no longer with the company at the time of his death.
In 2001, he earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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What a tragedy.....I'm at a complete loss. Thoughts and prayers to his family.