Chris Walas

Personal Info

Know For

Visual Effects

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-09-17 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Chris Walas

Biography

Chris Walas is an American film director, special effects expert, and make-up artist. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. Walas rose to fame in the 1980s, with effects for films such as "Airplane!" (1980), "Dragonslayer" (1981), and "Return of the Jedi" (1983). In the film "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), Walas created the effects for a scene where the Nazi villains' faces melt from the intense heat generated by the Ark of the Covenant. In 1984, Walas was credited for the design of the gremlins in the film "Gremlins", a film that grossed 153.1 million dollars at the box office. After creating the creature effects for "The Fly" (1986), Walas ...

Production

1989

The Fly II

as Director

1980

Humanoids from the Deep

as Special Effects

1995

Jade

as Makeup Effects Designer

1978

Piranha

as Special Props

1991

Naked Lunch

as Creature Design

1987

House II: The Second Story

as Creature Effects Technical Director

1992

The Vagrant

as Director

1984

Gremlins

as Creature Design

1989

The Fly II

as Effects Supervisor

1979

Starstruck

as Creature Design

1990

Arachnophobia

as Creature Effects Technical Director

1990

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

as Creature Design

1991

Curse III: Blood Sacrifice

as Creature Design

1983

Return of the Jedi

as Creature Design

1989

DeepStar Six

as Creature Effects Technical Director

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Made You Look

as Special Effects

1985

Enemy Mine

as Creature Design

1986

The Fly

as Creature Design

1979

Up from the Depths

as Special Effects

1981

Scanners

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

2017

2012

Elf-Man

as Co-Producer

1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

2010

Bear

as Co-Producer

1995

Virtuosity

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

1985

Enemy Mine

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

1979

Island of the Fishmen

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

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