Stan Winston (born April 7, 1946, in Richmond, Virginia), is an Academy Award-winning special effects and makeup artist, and film director. He is best known for his work in the Terminator series, the Jurassic Park series, Aliens, the Predator series, and Edward Scissorhands.
Winston, a frequent collaborator with James Cameron, owns more than one effects studio, including Stan Winston Digital. The established areas of expertise for Winston are in makeup, puppets and practical effects, but he has recently expanded his studio to encompass digital effects as well.
One of the founders of visual effects companies Digital Domain, Stan Winston Digital and Stan Winston studios.
Only the second special effects artist to be honored with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Stars.
He studied painting and sculpture at the University of Virginia.
He moved to Hollywood in 1968. At first he wanted to be an actor, but no jobs came his way and the following year he became an apprentice in the Makeup Department at Walt Disney Studios.
He has become known primarily as a "creature creator." His first such assignment was for the TV movie Gargoyles (1972) (TV).
Father of actor Matt Winston (I).
Made a living as a stand-up comedian before moving into make-up effects.
Helped out on some Special Effects scenes in Thing, The (1982) when Rob Bottin was suffering from exhaustion at the time due to his immensely heavy workload.
