Stan Winston has died

(FROM AP) ‹ Stan Winston, the visual-effects pioneer who brought to life
fantastic creatures in blockbusters like Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgment
Day, and Jurassic Park, has died at age 62. He passed away Sunday at his
home in California, following a seven-year struggle with multiple
myeloma.

For more than three decades, the four-time Academy Award winner was
among Hollywood's leading makeup, visual-effects, and animatronic
artists. Winston frequently worked with filmmakers like Steven
Spielberg, James Cameron, and Tim Burton; rarely since the early 1980s
did an action or fantasy film come to theaters without the aid of his
craftsmanship. His 10 career Oscar nominations illustrate the diversity
of his output: Winston was responsible in part for the makeup in
fantasies like Edward Scissorhands and Batman Returns, he was behind the
dreaded alien monster in Predator, and he was a leader of the team that
brought dinosaurs to life in Jurassic Park and its sequel, The Lost
World.

Winston's company, Stan Winston Studio, has credits on three current
releases ‹ Iron Man, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,
and You Don't Mess With the Zohan ‹ and it is slated to contribute to
several major upcoming releases, including G.I. Joe, Terminator 4, and
James Cameron's Avatar. (AP via Google)

I met and worked with Stan on The Terminator. He was a genius and also
one of the nicest people to work with.
His approach to the mechanical effects was both simple and efficient.
The walking skeleton of the Terminator, was in two parts - an upper
torso and a lower one This was an actual working metal skeleton - shot
in camera right on the set - no digital effects!

He will be missed and I doubt anyone will be able to match his
ingenuity.

Richard Lightstone, CAS