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In the summer of 1983, independent young filmmaker [[James Cameron]] was confronted with the problem of convincingly turning an unknown Austrian bodybuilder called [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] into a killer metal skeleton peeling with rotting flesh from the future called [[The Terminator]].
Just when it seemed that James and Arnold were doomed to an embarrassment made out of an idea that no studio in Hollywood would touch, a makeup artist who gave Chewbacca's father Itchy his face in ''[[The Star Wars Holiday Special]]'' and astoundingly refused to work on ''[[E.T. the
His name was Stan Winston.
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More than just a monster-puppeteer, Mr. Winston was also a virtuoso in the art of makeup, capable of making chameleons out of actors playing characters wildly different in appearance, or recreate heartbreakingly accurate injuries of the most horrific battles in human history. He went on with [[James Cameron]] to create the visual effects company known as Digital Domain.
First and foremost, [[Stan Winston]] considered himself a storyteller, with his creations as characters and actors, rather than props. In 2001 he was honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. By the time he lost his battle to cancer on June 15th, 2008, he had 4 Academy Awards, 2 Emmys and 15 other awards under his belt. His workshop has since been reformed as [http://www.legacyefx.com/index.html Legacy Effects] and largely stick to commercial work; but have been involved in ''Iron Man 2'', ''[[The Muppets (
At his funeral, lifelong-friend Governor Schwarzenegger reverently thanked Mr. Winston, proclaiming that he would not have had the career that made him who he is without him. This appreciation is shared by [[Sigourney Weaver]], [[James Cameron]], [[Tim Burton]], [[Steven Spielberg]] and the scores of mourning filmmakers who attended that day.
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* ''The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman'': He and Rick Baker convincingly aged Cicely Tyson up through to age 110.
* ''[[The Star Wars Holiday Special]]'': Yes, even the greats [[Old Shame|have to start somewhere]].
* ''[[
* ''Heartbeeps'': The robot makeup he created for [[Andy Kaufman]] and Bernadette Peters got him his first Oscar nomination, even though the movie bombed.
* ''[[The Thing (
* ''[[The Terminator]]'': The film that almost-literally made [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] the man he is today.
* ''[[Alien (
* ''[[The Monster Squad]]'': A forgotten gem; watch it.
* ''[[The Wiz]]'': He did the makeup and costumes for all the characters, but most notably Michael Jackson's Scarecrow and Nipsey Russell's Tin Man.
* ''[[
* ''[[Pumpkinhead]]'': His directorial debut.
* ''[[Edward Scissorhands]]'': Perhaps his best-known non-horror character piece.
* ''[[Jurassic Park]]'': If you thought the Alien Queen was scary, you have not taken a visit to the T-Rex pen yet...
* ''[[Terminator 2]]: Judgement Day'': Yes, even the T-1000 is mostly his puppets rather than pure [[C Gi]].
* ''[[
* ''[[Tank Girl (
* ''Instinct'': A small project, but a very fulfilling one for Stan and the studio, as it allowed them to create gorillas that rivaled the apes created by Rick Baker in realism.
* ''[[The Sixth Sense]]'': Ghosts have rarely been this eerily convincing.
* ''[[
* ''[[Pearl Harbor]]'': The chillingly realistic injuries created by his studio drove real-life survivors of the attack to tears at the film's premiere.
* ''[[Big Fish]]'': The monster maestro proves once and for all he can tell heartwarming fairy-tales as well as horror stories.
* ''[[
* ''[[Iron Man (
* ''[[Indiana Jones and
* ''[[Terminator Salvation]]'': One of his last films got him back where he started, and Winston's team had to opportunity to craft a variety of Terminators, from the Moto-Terminators to the snake/pirahna-like hydrobots. The film is dedicated to his memory.
* ''[[Avatar (
* ''[[The Suffering]]'': A game, not a movie, but he designed the monsters. This was one of his more [[Body Horror|creative]] endeavors.
* He designed and made the masks for the character "Mr. Roboto" from the Styx album ''[[Kilroy Was Here]]'' and its accompanying concert video, ''Caught in the Act Live''.
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* [[Cool Old Guy]].
* [[Doting Parent]]: Not only is he like a loving grandfather to his crew, but his own [[Real Life]] family is a very large and warm one.
* [[Dying Moment of Awesome]]: [[Avatar (
* [[In Memoriam]]: ''[[Terminator Salvation]]''.
* [[Old Shame]]: ''[[The Star Wars Holiday Special]]'', refusing a gig on ''[[E.T. the
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