RIP Stan Winston
June 16, 2008 by DrGore
Stan Winston, an Oscar-winning visual effects artist, has died at age 62.
Winston died at his Malibu home Sunday evening after a seven-year struggle with multiple myeloma, according to a rep from Stan Winston Studio.
“Stan died peacefully at home surrounded by family,” a spokeswoman said.
Winston won four visual effects Oscars and earned multiple nominations. His first Oscar was for James Cameron’s “Aliens” (1986). Winston later won two Oscars for “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (1992) (visual effects and makeup) and 1993′s “Jurassic Park.” (See Stan Winston’s Creature Features, by LAT’s Patrick Kevin Day.)
Phil Tippett, who shared a visual effects Oscar with Winston on “Jurassic Park,” noted that Winston was one of the best in the business.
“Stan contributed to some of the greatest — fantastic movie characters in motion picture history,” Tippett said. “His loss is a great one and he will be missed.”
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