Stan Winston, an Oscar-winning visual effects artist, has died at age 62.
Winston died at his Malibu home Sunday evening after a seven-year struggle with multiple myeloma, according to a rep from Stan Winston Studio.
“Stan died peacefully at home surrounded by family,” a spokeswoman said.
Winston won four visual effects Oscars and earned multiple nominations. His first Oscar was for James Cameron’s “Aliens” (1986). Winston later won two Oscars for “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (1992) (visual effects and makeup) and 1993’s “Jurassic Park.”
A long list of films are left for audiences to admire Winston’s work:
The Thing (1982), Friday the 13th Part III (1983), The Terminator (1984), Aliens (1986), The Monster Squad (1987), Predator (1987), Leviathan (1988) Pumpkinhead (1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Predator 2 (1990), Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991), Batman Returns (1992), Jurassic Park (1993), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Congo (1995), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1996), T2 3-D: Battle Across Time (1996), Ghosts (1997), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Small Soldiers (1998), Lake Placid (1999), End of Days (1999), Pearl Harbor (2001), A.I. (2001), Jurassic Park III (2001), When Darkness Falls (2002), Big Fish (2003), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Wrong Turn (2003), Constantine (2005), Iron Man (2008), Avatar (2009) and Terminator 4 (2009).
Via: CG-Node
