Comments on: Updated: Special Effects Master Stan Winston Has Died

By: James Duval

James Duval — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:33:25 +0000

Not really an opinion other than to say I am sad by the passing of Stan, who I did not work with and Devon Ryan who I did. I have begun to put out the word about Devon and have found out that much of the work he did over the years has well been uncredited or just not listed. I have submitted a biography to IMDB and let them know he passed. I am hoping others will go in and accurately start listing Devon’s credits.

Jim

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:35:44 +0000

Hopefully he was a darn good teacher.

By: Vic Holtreman

Vic Holtreman — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:25:41 +0000

Jae,

Yeah, but remember it’s Stan Winston Studios, he didn’t run a one man show. I know he has tons of talented artists there.

Vic

By: Jae Senn

Jae Senn — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:39:28 +0000

Oh man, so who’s gonna make the next Iron Man suit? Rob Bottin?

By: avoidz

avoidz — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:27:16 +0000

Incredibly sad news. Stan Winston is and always will be a master of the special/visual effects arts; a name of quality. A truly great loss to the movie-making world

By: Adrian

Adrian — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:41:02 +0000

God bless Stan Winston and his family and friends… Tim Russert past away on 6/13, this is a very sorrowful year for the world to lose such humble and amazingly gifted people.

By: salgadosroman

salgadosroman — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:37:09 +0000

stan is one of the reasons of steven spielberg’s success and james cameron

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:29:35 +0000

Really saddened by this news. RIP, Stan. Thanks for all the great memories.

By: 790

790 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:56:48 +0000

This hit me pretty hard today.
Sounds like (thankfully) he left us at home and at peace……

This is a huge loss to the world and the movie industry.
I consider myself lucky to have met him backstage when he won the Oscar for Jurrasic Park. Very approchable man, who allways reminded me of a crazy scientist that would dream up all these classic movie creatures.

Stan created the Predator design in a few days, as he was working on 2 other films at the time.
The man was a genius. He has a great staff of like-minded talent that I KNOW will carry on the name.
“Stan Winston Studios”!!!

Rest with the Best Stan! Your creations will live on for centuries!!!

By: RastaZen

RastaZen — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:41:54 +0000

Rest easy Mr Winston.
You are now and will always be a legend in the business.
We will miss you.

By: Heath

Heath — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:27:21 +0000

This shocked the heck outta me. I became a fan years ago when I read about his rise in the 1980s, when I was a little kid wanting to do monster movies. He helped Rob Bottin (who, along with Rick Baker, make up my three favorite makeup FX artists) on The Thing and that Dog-Thing just KILLED, it was so awesome!

Jurassic Park, Aliens, Iron Man, the list goes on. And I hear he was the nicest of guys. As a filmmaker, I dreamed of working with Stan.

RIP to a legend! His legacy and work have made him immortal in the industry.

heath

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:25:14 +0000

RIP Stan, you definitely revolutionized the way movies were done and thank you for bringing so much joy to the world through your work!

By: Adrian Suriel

Adrian Suriel — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:52:42 +0000

i felt my heart jumped when i saw the title. i love his special effects and all he has done to improve cinema. im gonna miss you stan “the real iron man”

By: steven the git

steven the git — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:47:33 +0000

Those are some fantastic looking movies and would not have been the hits they are without him. Certainly not with me anyway.

I much prefer his kind of special effects to the clean, overdone stuff we get now.

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:42:21 +0000

I GASPED when i heard this .
Movies will never be the same .
Rest easy Stan,
You have most certainly earned it .

By: Niall

Niall — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:20:48 +0000

He was a true genius who helped to shape cinema as we know it over the past 30 years.

Niall

By: Matt Orsmn

Matt Orsmn — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:27:32 +0000

Oh, man… Devon Ryan this past Thursday, now this?

Thank you Stan. You’ll be greatly missed.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:36:52 +0000

Oh no!

I’m so sorry to hear this news..

Another legend leaves us.. we’re loosing a lot of people lately…

Rest Easy Stan, and thank you for everything!

He’ll be missed!