The work of Stan Winston

In 1984 Stan Winston was asked to create the effects for a young director's low-budget feature film starring an ex-bodybuilder. The Terminator was a global hit and made stars of James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger Photograph: Kobal

One of Winston's final films, Iron Man carried strange echoes of his groundbreaking work on The Terminator Photograph: PR

Winston provided additional make-up effects for Rob Bottin's extraordinary work on John Carpenter's The Thing Photograph: Kobal

Winston earned one of a clutch of Oscar nominations for his work in transforming the seven-foot-tall Kevin Peter Hall into the Predator Photograph: Kobal

Edward Scissorhands saw Winston collaborate with director Tim Burton for the first time Photograph: Kobal

Neil Jordan's adaptation of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire gave Winston the chance to transform Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and a young Kirsten Dunst into creatures of the night Photograph: Kobal

1999's Galaxy Quest offered a rare opportunity for Winston to work on a comedy. Alan Rickman's English classical actor suffered for his art under the make-up Photograph: PR

Danny DeVito's make-up for the Penguin in Batman Returns yielded another Academy Award nomination Photograph: Kobal

The original Jurassic Park won Winston his fourth Oscar. The third film in the series, featuring William H Macy and Tea Leoni, required him to build some of the largest animatronic creatures ever built Photograph: PR

Another example of a lighter, more playful film from Winston's CV. Big Fish reunited Winston with Edward Scissorhands director Tim Burton Photograph: PR

Working from HR Giger's design, Winston won his first Academy Award for Aliens, James Cameron's sequel to Ridley Scott's classic. The queen alien remains an iconic piece of effects work Photograph: Kobal