Stan Winston, one of the true visionaries of our time, passed away on June 15th 2008. Stan Winston is responsible for some of the most iconic movie creatures in the last 30 years and his work in the realm of special effects make-up and animatronics have pushed the artform forward in a way that we would never have seen had he not been around.

His work has played such an important role in my life and I feel very blessed to have been a child in the 80s and early 90s and having had the opportunity to grow up watching his work on the screen. His spirit will live on in the great films he brought his passion and expertise to. Stan will be missed, but never forgotten.

Perhaps the best way I can honor his memory is to post some pictures of his fantastic work. It’s really great to look back and marvel at his creations.

I wish I had better examples of some of these guys (the T-Rex especially) because these pictures don’t do them justice. They just look fantastic moving around on screen.