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Posted by Bill Gabel (Member # 1105) on 06-16-2008, 03:40 PM:
 
Stan Winston passed away Sunday from cancer he was 62 years old.

Some of his work:
 
Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 06-16-2008, 03:46 PM:
 
Great talent...I enjoyed his work and art. So young to pass.

RIP
 
Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 06-16-2008, 08:04 PM:
 
Now here's a "celebrity" death that actually makes me pretty sad. He was very inventive and creative to find ways to come up with what he did.

Why are a lot of these people only dying in their 60's?
 
Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 06-17-2008, 08:40 AM:
 
Stan Winston's work on Aliens blew me away. It seemed difficult to top H.R. Giger's original monster design, but I think the queen alien did just that. It took more than 20 operators to bring the monster to "life" but Winston's team did a great job. Winston's T-Rex in Jurassic Park was another great accomplishment.

Winston's practical visual effects work was so realistic that even in these days of everything being CGI, his methods were still a better alternative for a lot of shots.

Winston is definitely going to be missed -especially on any upcoming Spielberg or Cameron project in need of any practical visual effects.
 
Posted by Christopher Duvall (Member # 284) on 06-18-2008, 02:40 AM:
 
Way too sad. I met him about nine years at a film festival. He was really cool and signed ALIENS, PREDATOR, THE THING for me. Afterward, I took a picture with him holding a face hugger. Way too young to go. I just hope his studio keeps doing practical effects and avoids CGI...
 




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