Chris Walas
Visual Effects · Director · Special Effects · Makeup Effects Designer
Born Sep 17, 1955 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Active 1978–present · Awards: Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
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…
Filmography
Made You Look — Creature · Special EffectsReturn of the Jedi (1983) — Creature DesignRaiders of the Lost Ark (1981) — Special Effects Makeup ArtistGremlins (1984) — Creature DesignThe Fly (1986) — Creature DesignTales from the Crypt (1989) — DirectorGremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) — Creature DesignNaked Lunch (1991) — Creature DesignEnemy Mine (1985) — Creature Design · Special Effects Makeup ArtistScanners (1981) — Special Effects Makeup ArtistArachnophobia (1990) — Creature Effects Technical DirectorPiranha (1978) — Special PropsThe Fly II (1989) — Director · Effects SupervisorVirtuosity (1995) — Special Effects Makeup ArtistDeepStar Six (1989) — (uncredited) · Creature Effects Technical DirectorHumanoids from the Deep (1980) — Special EffectsJade (1995) — Makeup Effects DesignerHouse II: The Second Story (1987) — Creature Effects Technical DirectorIsland of the Fishmen (1979) — Special Effects Makeup ArtistThe Vagrant (1992) — DirectorBear (2010) — Co-ProducerJourney to the Forbidden Valley (2017) — Writer · Co-Producer · Special EffectsCurse III: Blood Sacrifice (1991) — Creature DesignUp from the Depths (1979) — Special Effects