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Stan's son, ''. STAN WINSTON STUDIO TIMELINE In 1969 Stan Winston moved to Hollywood to pursue a career as an actor. However it didn't look like he was going to get any good parts soon so he begun a makeup apprenticeship at Disney as a "day-job". Three years later Stan won an Emmy for his effects work on the telefilm ''Gargoyles''. Having met with success in makeup artistry Stan Winston kept on with the trade, garnering a numerous other Emmy nominations between 1973 and '79 for work on such projects as ''The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman.'' Only two years later Stan achieved his first Oscar nomination for ''Heatbeeps'' by which time he had set up his own studio. Winston is known among '' Star Wars '' fans for his work in 1978 in creating the Wookiee costumes for '' The Star Wars Holiday Special ''. It was in 1984 that Stan Winston was made famous for his effects work on James Cameron's ''Terminator'' bringing the metallic killing machine to life. Winston would reunite with Cameron on more than one occasion, winning his first Oscar for Best Visual Effects on '' Aliens '' with Cameron. The year 1989 saw Stan try his hand at directing with the horror movie Pumpkinhead which won best first time director at the Paris Film Festival. He would next direct the child-friendly A Gnome Named Gnorm in 1990 staring Anthony Michael Hall . Winston's prolific work as an effects artist and his studio became famous for providing world-class goods when it came to practical effects. Working on such films as '''' and '' Jurassic Park '' which all either got an Oscar nomination or won for Best Visual Effects, he and his team continue to push the boundaries of what can be done within the laws of physics. STAN WINSTON CREATURE FEATURES Winston also produced a series of TV movies, which were remakes of old monster films.
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