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Monster Makers
THE LATE STAN WINSTON WAS HOLLYWOOD’S PREMIER SPECIAL EFFECTS ENGINEER AND MONSTER MAKER,
WHOSE ICONIC CREATIONS – THE PREDATOR, THE ALIEN QUEEN, THE CYBORGS OF THE TERMINATOR FILMS
AND THE DINOSAURS OF JURASSIC PARK – CONTINUE TO INSPIRE AWE AND TERROR IN VIEWERS.
A frequent collaborator with director James Cameron, Winston’s expertise in the areas of makeup, puppets,
animatronics and practical effects were second to none (see below). He received Academy Awards for his work on
Aliens
,
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
and
Jurassic Park
. Winston also directed one of his most fearsome creations in
Pumpkinhead
, and served as producer on genre films like
Wrong Turn
and
The Deaths of Ian Stone
.
ALIENS
Her majesty, the Queen –
easily one of the greatest
movie monsters ever
conceived.
THE TERMINATOR
Winston got under
Ah-nold’s skin to reveal
what all of us already
knew; what a robot!
PREDATOR
Dreadlocked alien
hunter, master of
disguise and "one ugly
motherf-er" that kicked
big Arnie’s butt.
JURASSIC PARK
Velociraptors,
triceratops,
dilophosaurus and a
rampagingT-Rex – spot
which ones are CGI.
EDWARD
SCISSORHANDS
Winston completed what
Vincent Price couldn’t,
namely goth punk, S&M
chic and a killer
handshake.
GALAXY QUEST
By Grabthar’s Hammer,
General Sarris proved a
fearsome adversary for
Tim Allen and crew.
THE RELIC
The museum monster
Kothoga was a toothy,
brain-eating hybrid of
the Predator, an insect
and a hyena.
AI: ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE
More than a toy, Teddy
kept Master David from
becoming so much scrap
metal.
BATMAN RETURNS
Danny Devito’s
grotesque Penguin has
been aptly described as
“a walking testicle”.
PUMPKINHEAD
Winston created and
directed the eponymous
Demon of Vengeance in
this terrific backwoods
horror tale.
Stan
Winston