John Rosengrant

After majoring in Fine Arts at Louisiana State University, Animatronic and Special Effects Makeup Character Creator John Rosengrant relocated to Los Angeles and, in 1983, joined character effects maestro Stan Winston. For over two decades, John played a pivotal role at Stan Winston Studio, helping to create iconic characters and groundbreaking effects. John honed his craft working on diverse projects ranging from the entire Terminator series, the Jurassic Park series, Aliens, Predator, Edward Scissorhands, all the way to the state-of-the-art Hybrid Special Character Effects in Avatar. 

Following Stan’s untimely passing in 2008, John, along with his esteemed colleagues Alan Scott, Shane Mahan, and Lindsay Macgowan, founded Legacy Effects, continuing on in Stan’s great tradition of artistry and innovation. Some of John’s projects include Cowboys & Aliens, Real Steel, John Carter, The Hunger Games, the Marvel movies, such as The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Avengers: Infinity War; Terminator Genisys, World War Z, The Bourne Legacy, Total Recall, Life of Pi, RoboCop, Jurassic World movies, and The Mandalorian series, just to name a few.