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F/x master Stan Winston dies
By DAVID S. COHEN

Stan Winston, one of the great names in special effects, has died at
age 62.
The Oscar-winning visual effects artist died at his home Sunday
evening surrounded by family after a seven-year struggle with multiple
myeloma, according to a representative from Stan Winston Studio.

Winston won visual effects Oscars for 1986's "Aliens, "1992's
"Terminator 2: Judgment Day" and 1993's "Jurassic Park," for which he
created animatronic dinosaurs that complimented the film's digitally-
animated creatures. "Iron Man" visual effects supervisor John Nelson
"Stan was the man when it came to making those kind of prosthetic
effects, he was the guy. If you look at the litany of other good
people in the business, they tend to be people who worked for Stan."

Stan Winston Studios did the practical Iron Man suit for this year's
Marvel/Paramount blockbuster but Winston himself was not actively
involved on set.

For decades, Winston's robotic/animatronic creatures were the best in
the industry and his prosthetic makeup was among the best available.

"It was a perfect compliment to the stuff that we were doing," said
Dennis Muren, who supervised the digital effects on "Jurassic Park."

"His creatures would work with the actors and when you put the two
together the audience was confused, and sometimes we were too, about
who had done what."

But Stan had always said it shouldn't be all one or all the other, it
should be a combination of the two."

Eric Roth, executive director of the Visual Effects Society said "It's
a big loss. Our industry has lost one of its giants, someone who has
had a tremendous impact on helping tell stories with the use of
effects."

The conference room at Winston's Van Nuys studio was long one of the
most effective sales tools any effects company could hope for, with
life-sized creatures including the original "Alien," the lunching out
of the walls toward the conference table on all sides. (?-Lou)

Winston is survived by his wife, Karen; a son, daughter, brother and
four grandchildren