Winston's role in transforming the makeup and creature effects industries is just part of his legacy. He altered the course of movies when he helped to elevate makeup effects techniques from latex prosthetics to sophisticated animatronics. His work blurred distinctions between makeup, puppetry and visual effects, and his credo -- "I don't do effects, I do characters" -- was the guiding principle behind the creation of a veritable panoply of interstellar aliens, menacing chrome robots, and predatory dinosaurs.

In films ranging from TERMINATOR to EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, to IRON MAN, audiences could barely discern where the actor ended and the effects began. Winston inspired legions of directors, visual effects supervisors and artists to stretch their abilities beyond what they knew to be possible. He challenged effects traditions, inspired creativity, and invented previously unimagined worlds. His insatiable curiosity eventually moved beyond the film world into the scientific realm, and he contributed to robotics and artificial intelligence innovations that found their way from his workshop in Van Nuys to the labs at MIT. Sony Pictures Imageworks, in conjunction with Stan Winston Studio, hosts an evening of tributes, celebrations, and memories of Winston and his characters by family, friends, and peers.

Around the show

Exhibit Hall
Sony Pictures Imageworks and Sony Pictures Animation can be found in booth #701.

Computer Animation Festival
"Stereoscopic 3D: Research, Applications, and Entertainment"
Monday, August 11, 8:30 a.m.-7:45 p.m.
Tuesday, August 12, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Convention Center Petree Hall C
Organized by Rob Engle

"Production Studio Nights"
Studio Night #2
Wednesday, August 13
A Tribute to Stan Winston
Nokia Theater

I AM LEGEND
"Alternate ending"
Various times

Job Fair
August 12-14
Booth #24

Panels and Sketches
"Great Failed Ideas in Production"
Monday, August 11
10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (Hall B)
Presented by Rob Bredow, with panelists John Dykstra, Bill Westenhoff, Apurva Shah and John Knoll

"3D Physically Based Depth of Field"
Tuesday, August 12
8:30-10:15 a.m. (Room 515A)
Presented by Jeremy Selan, Brian Hall and Steve Levietes

"Get the Job You Want in Computer Graphics"
Tuesday, August 12
8:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (Room 406AB)
Panelist Stan Szymanski

"Studio Views of Student Demo Reels"
Tuesday, August 12
1:45 p.m.-3:30 p.m. (Room 406 AB)
Panelist Robin Linn

"3D Katana Pipeline"
Tuesday, August 12
1:45-3:30 p.m. (Room 515A)
Presented by Jeremy Selan, Brian Hall and Steve Levietes

"Next Great Talent Search: Define, Develop and Produce Student Projects and Value of Individual Group Projects"
Thursday, August 14
8:30-10:15 a.m. (Petree Hall C)
Organized by Sande Scoredos

"SPEED RACER: How Digital Domain, ILM, and Sony Pictures Imageworks Transformed a Vintage Anime Into a Wild Ride for the 21st Century"
Thursday, August 14
10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (Hall B)
Presented by Kevin Mack, Marco Marenghi ILM and Digital Domain

"The Future of Character Animation"
Thursday, August 14
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Petree Hall)
Panelist Kenn McDonald

"Efficient Offset Curve Deformation from Skeletal Animation"
Friday, August 15
1:45-3:30 p.m.
Room 403 AB
Presented by Arthur Gregory and Dan Weston

"Flash Forward: A Forum on Flash"
Thursday, August 14
1:30-3:30 p.m. (Petree Hall C)
Presented by Adriana Jaroszewicz

"Altered Realities: FX Guru Kevin Mack in Conversation with the DemoScene"
Thursday, August 14
1:30-3:30 p.m. (Petree Hall C)
Presented by Kevin Mack

"Lighting for Feature Animation"
Thursday, August 14
1:45-3:30 p.m. (Room 411)
Presented by Rob Bredow

Birds of a Feather
"Animation Mentor"
Wednesday, August 13 (Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 511A
3-4:30 p.m.
Panelist Robin Linn