Stan Winston

Special effects and Makeup master Stan Winston passed away on Sunday. Stan had a hand on numerous TV and film projects over the last three plus decades, from Roots to Edward Scissorhands to Jurassic Park to this summers Iron Man. Winning four academy awards in the process and making the movies a little more magical. One of my favorites is the not so classic Monster Squad from the late 1980's. Where he had to recreate the look of the classic Universal Studios monsters while varying them enough so as not to incur a lawsuit from Universal who had their makeup designs for the monsters copyrighted. Hollywood has lost a true artist and craftsman, the type that no computer can replace, though they have been trying for years.