Summary of Stan Winston
Stan Winston was a creator in the making. You may not know him personally but this man created the Iron Man suit, Also done one of most memorable films from the 1987 Terminator with Arnold Schwarzenegger the former govener of California recently resigned from that position and gone back into filming. Stan also made the predator suit then teamed up with H.R Giger in the early 1990's to created an epic battle between two races. Stan Winston was a idea and concept artist when predator was being produced, He was designer legend creating costumes, full suits of armour that actors can fit in to example the Iron man suit fitted perfectly on Robert Downey Jr. Stan was filled with twisted crazy but amazing ideas for his films, his source of making these genius ideas come from is the Winston Effect: The art and history of the Stan Winston studio sadly the great artist has pasted away but he left us with his greatest work in the greatest films made from the 1980's up to 2007.
How did Stan start off ?
Career
Stan Winston was born on April 7, 1946, in Arlington. Virginia, where he graduated from Washington-Lee High School in 1964. He studied painting and sculpture at the unisercity of Virginia in Charlottesville from which he graduated in 1968. In 1969, after attending California state university. Long beach, Winston moved to Hollywood to pursue a career as an actor. Struggling to find an acting job, he began a make up apprenticeship at Walt Disney Studios.
1970s
In 1972, Winston established his own company, Stan Winston Studio, and won an Emmy Award for his effects work on the telefilms Gargoyles. Over the next seven years, Winston continued to receive Emmy nominations for work on projects and won another for 1974's the autobiography of miss Patterns Janes Winston also created the Wookie costumes for the 1978 Star Wars holiday special.1980s
In 1982, Winston received his first Oscar nomination for heart beeps In 1983, Winston designed the Mr. Roboto face mask for the American rock group styx In 1983 he also worked on a short-lived TV series manimal, for which he created the panther and hawk transformation effects. Winston reached a new level of fame in 1984 when James Cameron The Terminator premièred. The movie was a surprise hit, and Winston's work in bringing the titular metallic killing machine to life led to many new projects and additional collaborations with Cameron. In fact, Winston won his first Oscar for best visual effects in 1986 on James Cameron's next movie, Aliens
In 1982, Winston received his first Oscar nomination for heart beeps In 1983, Winston designed the Mr. Roboto face mask for the American rock group styx In 1983 he also worked on a short-lived TV series manimal, for which he created the panther and hawk transformation effects. Winston reached a new level of fame in 1984 when James Cameron The Terminator premièred. The movie was a surprise hit, and Winston's work in bringing the titular metallic killing machine to life led to many new projects and additional collaborations with Cameron. In fact, Winston won his first Oscar for best visual effects in 1986 on James Cameron's next movie, Aliens
What I have learnt from research is Stan has come from nothing to a working genius because of how he has done since 1970'sand how many grammes and Oscars he was won also working with most famous actors and actresses before he died
