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 ArtistThe Fly (1986) - Creature DesignGremlins (1984) - 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 ArtistHumanoids from the Deep (1980) - Special EffectsDeepStar Six (1989) - (uncredited) · Creature Effects Technical DirectorJade (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