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Stan Winston

1946 - 2008

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Stanley Winston (April 7, 1946 – June 15, 2008) was an American television and film special make-up effects artist, best known for his work in the Terminator series, the first three Jurassic Park films, Aliens, The Thing, the first two Predator films, Inspector Gadget, Iron Man, and Edward Scissorhands. He won four Academy Awards for his work. Winston, a frequent collaborator with directors James Cameron, Steven Spielberg and Tim Burton, owned several effects studios, including Stan Winston Digital. The established areas of expertise for Winston were in makeup, puppets and practical effects, but at the time of his death, he had expanded his studio to encompass digital effects as well. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stan Winston is the 610th most popular film director (up from 656th in 2019), the 4,501st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,174th in 2019) and the 161st most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Stan Winston ranks 610 out of 2,041. Before him are Yuri Norstein, Genndy Tartakovsky, John Badham, Charles Vidor, Jörn Donner, and Abel Ferrara. After him are Gore Verbinski, Arnold Fanck, King Hu, Luca Guadagnino, Thelma Schoonmaker, and Yoshiaki Kawajiri.

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Among people born in 1946, Stan Winston ranks 322. Before him are Richard Carpenter, Kiril Ivkov, Óscar Berger, Vazgen Manukyan, Alexander Kaidanovsky, and Gerrie Mühren. After him are Wubbo Ockels, Doug Russell, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, László Polgár, Andrea Dworkin, and Jo Bonfrère. Among people deceased in 2008, Stan Winston ranks 145. Before him are Josef Tal, Emmanuel Sanon, Andrew Bertie, Nonna Mordyukova, Robert Mulligan, and Adolfo Suárez Rivera. After him are Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro, Francis Pym, Douglas Bennett, Sven Davidson, Andrew M. Gleason, and Ahmed al-Mirghani.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stan Winston ranks 4,501 out of 20,380. Before him are Jane Kaczmarek (1955), John Lloyd Stephens (1805), Gregory Benford (1941), David Butler (1894), Abel Ferrara (1951), and Tonya Harding (1970). After him are Larry Niven (1938), Terry Funk (1944), Gore Verbinski (1964), Evelyn Berezin (1925), Nikos Galis (1957), and Dorothy McGuire (1916).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Stan Winston ranks 161. Before him are John Lasseter (1957), Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893), Robert Mulligan (1925), Burt Kennedy (1922), Robert Surtees (1906), and Abel Ferrara (1951). After him are Gore Verbinski (1964), Lawrence Kasdan (1949), Paul Thomas Anderson (1970), John Stagliano (1951), Peter Hyams (1943), and Paul Mazursky (1930).

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