Chris Walas
Visual Effects
Awards
Won 1 Academy Award
Academy Awards 1 won
- 1987 Best Makeup and Hairstyling Won The Fly
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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 was invited to direct the sequel film "The Fly II" (1989), His directing debut earned about 39 million dollars at the worldwide box office. His only other credit as a film director was the horror comedy "The Vagrant" (1992), depicting a man who believes himself stalked by a stranger. The film received a limited release in 8 movie theaters.
In the 1990s, Walas film credits for effects and make-up included such films as the black comedy "Arachnophobia" (1990), the science fiction film "Naked Lunch" (1991), the virtual reality-themed science fiction film "Virtuosity" (1995), and the erotic thriller "Jade" (1995). None of them was particularly successful.
Walas' special effects were less in demand in the 2000s. His last film credit to date was creating the angels for the horror film "Dark Heaven" (2002).
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Dimos I
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Filmography
Acting
33 credits
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Return of the Jedi
The Fly
Gremlins
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Arachnophobia
The Fly II
Enemy Mine
Naked Lunch
Scanners
Virtuosity
Piranha
Island of the Fishmen
DeepStar Six
Jade
House II: The Second Story
Humanoids from the Deep
Long Live the King
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Starstruck
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice
Up from the Depths
Made You Look
From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
Journey to the Forbidden Valley
Gremlins: A Puppet Story
The Scanners Way: Creating the Special Effects in 'Scanners'
It's Getting Weirder! The Making of "House II"
Charlie Gemora: Uncredited
Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly
The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect
The Brundle Museum of Natural History
Directing
4 credits
Producing
3 credits
Writing
1 credit
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