FILM DIRECTOR

Stan Winston

1946 - 2008

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Stanley Winston (April 7, 1946 – June 15, 2008) was an American television and film special make-up effects artist, best known for his work in the Terminator series, the first three Jurassic Park films, Aliens, The Thing, the first two Predator films, Inspector Gadget, Iron Man, and Edward Scissorhands. He won four Academy Awards for his work. Winston, a frequent collaborator with directors James Cameron, Steven Spielberg and Tim Burton, owned several effects studios, including Stan Winston Digital. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stan Winston has received more than 1,067,164 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Stan Winston is the 656th most popular film director (down from 626th in 2019), the 4,174th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,119th in 2019) and the 160th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Stan Winstons by language

Over the past year Stan Winston has had the most page views in the with 124,649 views, followed by Spanish (12,790), and Russian (7,824). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Indonesian (42.93%), Egyptian Arabic (36.87%), and Urdu (32.21%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Stan Winston ranks 656 out of 2,041. Before him are Carmine Gallone, Nancy Meyers, Géza von Radványi, Lawrence Kasdan, Mario Salieri, and Rob Marshall. After him are John Pilger, Bruno Nuytten, Friz Freleng, Paul Thomas Anderson, Stanislav Govorukhin, and Andrew Blake.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Stan Winston ranks 311. Before him are Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Andreas Katsulas, Gerrie Mühren, Aleksander Wolszczan, Vazgen Manukyan, and Michel Delpech. After him are Bernard Maris, Jüri Tarmak, Ibn Warraq, Birutė Galdikas, Carl Wilson, and Nicholas Clay. Among people deceased in 2008, Stan Winston ranks 154. Before him are Robert Mulligan, Claude Abbes, Robert Prosky, Dee Dee Warwick, Dorival Caymmi, and Yury Glazkov. After him are Sven Davidson, Sam Manekshaw, Stanley Kamel, Freddie Hubbard, Boris Yefimov, and Robert Jonquet.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stan Winston ranks 4,174 out of 20,380. Before him are Wallace Stevens (1879), James Karen (1923), James Marsden (1973), George Andrew Reisner (1867), Kellyanne Conway (1967), and Rob Marshall (1960). After him are Moses Gunn (1929), Douglas Preston (1956), Maxwell Perkins (1884), Marc Mitscher (1887), Mike Porcaro (1955), and Stanley Clarke (1951).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Stan Winston ranks 160. Before him are John Cromwell (1886), David Zucker (1947), Rob Cohen (1949), Nancy Meyers (1949), Lawrence Kasdan (1949), and Rob Marshall (1960). After him are Friz Freleng (1906), Paul Thomas Anderson (1970), Andrew Blake (1947), Robert Z. Leonard (1889), Richard Linklater (1960), and Joe Johnston (1950).

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Filmography

Jurassic World
Director
Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond.
Jun 6o 20156.685 / 10
Jurassic Park
Director
A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.
Jun 11o 19937.945 / 10
Iron Man
Director
After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
Apr 30o 20087.642 / 10