April 7, 1946 – June 15, 2008

Stan Winston may be best know for his Academy Award-winning special makeup effects work on such films as The Terminator (1984), Jurassic Park (1993), Aliens (1986), and Predator (1987), but it was his first ‘creature creator’ assignment on 1972’s Gargoyles that secured his place among the honored CDF alumni!

“People who are afraid to go to horror movies are generally afraid their whole lives. People say to me, ‘Do you have nightmares?’ I never have nightmares! And I go to movies and see the most bizarre things in the world, and go… Wow that is really sick, how fun is that! And I don’t have to carry it around. I think that’s very healthy.” — Stan Winston