Stan Winston, the special effects artist best known for 'Jurassic Park', has died.

The four-times Oscar winner, who also worked on pioneering films like 'The Terminator' and 'Terminator 2', was aged 62. He died at his Malibu California home surrounded by family on Sunday.

The visual artist — who had collaborated with directors like James Cameron, Steven Spielberg and Tim Burton — had battled multiple myeloma for the past seven years.

"The entertainment industry has lost a genius, and I lost one of my best friends with the death Sunday night of Stan Winston," said 'Terminator' star Arnold Schwarzenegger.

"Stan's work and four Oscars speak for themselves and will live on forever. What will live forever in my heart is the way that Stan loved everyone and treated each of his friends like they were family."

Winston, whose work currently lives on in 'Iron Man', won Academy Awards for Cameron's 'Aliens' (1986) and 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' (1991), as well as Spielberg's 'Jurassic Park' (1993). His work transforming Danny De Vito into the villainous Penguin in Burton's 1992 film 'Batman Returns' nabbed him a makeup Oscar.

"He ran at full throttle, in both work and play, and was a man of kindness, wisdom and great humor," Cameron told The Associated Press.

"He was a kid that never grew up, whose dreams were writ large on the screens of the world. I am proud to have been his friend, and I will miss him very deeply."

Initially a pioneer of animatronics and physical effects, he gradually began blending these physical tricks with CGI.

He worked on 75 films over four decades and in that time earned 10 Academy Award nominations, his last coming for creating a human-like teddy bear in Spielberg's 'AI'. His work in creating Burton's 'Edward Scissorhands' was also nominated.

"He was experienced and helped guide me while never losing his childlike enthusiasm," 'Iron Man' director Jon Favreau said of Winston. "He was the king of integrating practical effects with CGI, never losing his relevance in an ever changing industry. I am proud to have worked with him and we were looking forward to future collaborations. I knew that he was struggling, but I had no idea that he would be gone so soon. Hollywood has lost a shining star."

At the time of his death Winston, who had established groundbreaking special effects company Digital Domain with Cameron in the '90s, was in the process of expanding his Stan Winston Studios into the Winston Effects Group.

His work will next be seen in projects like 'G.I. Joe', 'Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins', Cameron's 'Avatar' and 'Shutter Island'.

Winston originally had dreams of becoming an actor but after finishing a make-up apprenticeship at Walt Disney Studios went behind the camera in 1972.