James Cameron talks The Terminator (1984) and Stan Winston | Forbidden Worlds Film Festival 2023

Few people have created more iconic cinematic creatures than Stan Winston - whether it’s the dreadlocked, mandible-faced Predator or the towering Alien Queen or the seemingly real animatronic dinosaurs of Jurassic Park, his work is synonymous with some of the most memorable movie moments. Twelve years after his first film credit, Winston’s career – and status as one of the great VFX practitioners – reached a new level with The Terminator, his first collaboration with director James Cameron, creating the iconic cyborg nemesis. From this partnership bloomed a working relationship that would earn Winston three Oscars: for Best Visual Effects on Aliens, and the Best Visual Effects and Best Make-Up awards for Terminator 2: Judgement Day. (He would also win a fourth, for his groundbreaking work on Spielberg’s Jurassic Park.) For our opening screening of The Terminator (1984), we got a special message from director James Cameron deep in post-production on Avatar 3, who talked about making the film and