By Iain Blair

Movies lost a true visionary with the death of Stan Winston, who was just 62. All those great sci-fi FX films such as “Terminator 2,” “Jurassic Park” and “Aliens” were showcases for his artistry in VFX and makeup, and he deservedly won 4 Oscars for his work, as well as getting many Oscar and Emmy nominations over the years.

I talked to him many times, and he always had the same response to any question about advances in CGI eventually making his work outdated and redundant, that “a clever combination of CG, puppets and animatronics can often be far more effective than just CG.” And he was right. A film like “Jurassic Park” worked because Spielberg was able to shoot full-scale animatronic dinosaurs and combine that with CGI in post in a seamless blend.

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