Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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See how Stan Winston Studio created several animals and many more for Tim Burton's Big Fish (2003).
Full Behind the Scenes Story HERE: bit.ly/BigFishYT

While working on Terminator 3 and Wrong Turn, Stan Winston Studio also provided practical effects and makeups for Tim Burton’s #BigFish (2003). The movie concerns an aging raconteur of fanciful tales, Ed Bloom -- portrayed by Albert Finney in present-day sequences, and by Ewan McGregor in flashbacks -- and his strained relationship with his grown son, Will (Billy Crudup).

Stan Winston Studio created a variety of makeup effects and puppets on Big Fish. J. Alan Scott and Lindsay MacGowan were the effects supervisors. Shane Mahan and John Rosengrant were the key artists. Aaron Sims was responsible for designing Helena Bonham Carter's Swamp Witch makeup.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:15 Behind the Scenes of the Creatures
00:45 Animatronic Wolf
02:03 Animatronic Lion
02:38 Swamp Witch
03:47 The Big Fish
05:26 Outro

Full #BehindTheScenes Story HERE: bit.ly/BigFishYT

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