
Chris Walas
Known for Visual EffectsBorn 1955-09-17 (age 70)Chicago, Illinois, USA
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 IRead more
Movies & web series
The Brundle Museum of Natural History
★ 9.0View details →
The Brundle Museum of Natural History
2005 · Movie
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The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect
2000 · Movie
★ 8.0View details →
Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly
2005 · Movie
★ 8.0View details →
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Series
★ 7.9View details →
Return of the Jedi
1983 · Movie
★ 7.9View details →
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 · Movie
★ 7.5View details →
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2019 · Movie
★ 7.2View details →
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015 · Movie
★ 7.4View details →
The Fly
1986 · Movie
★ 7.0View details →
From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
2014 · Movie
★ 7.1View details →
Gremlins
1984 · Movie
★ 7.0View details →
Naked Lunch
1991 · Movie
★ 7.0View details →
Enemy Mine
1985 · Movie
★ 6.7View details →
Scanners
1981 · Movie
★ 6.5View details →
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990 · Movie
★ 6.4View details →
Arachnophobia
1990 · Movie
★ 6.0View details →
Piranha
1978 · Movie
★ 5.8View details →
The Vagrant
1992 · Movie
★ 5.8View details →
Humanoids from the Deep
1980 · Movie
★ 5.7View details →
The Fly II
1989 · Movie
★ 5.4View details →
Journey to the Forbidden Valley
2017 · Movie
★ 5.7View details →
Island of the Fishmen
1979 · Movie
★ 5.5View details →
Virtuosity
1995 · Movie
★ 5.5View details →
Jade
1995 · Movie
★ 5.6View details →
House II: The Second Story
1987 · Movie
★ 5.5View details →
DeepStar Six
1989 · Movie
★ 5.2View details →
Long Live the King
2016 · Movie
The Scanners Way: Creating the Special Effects in 'Scanners'
★ 5.2View details →
The Scanners Way: Creating the Special Effects in 'Scanners'
2014 · Movie
★ 4.6View details →
Bear
2010 · Movie
★ 4.4View details →
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice
1991 · Movie
★ 3.8View details →
Up from the Depths
1979 · Movie
★ 3.0View details →
Elf-Man
2012 · Movie

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Gremlins: A Puppet Story
2020 · Movie

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It's Getting Weirder! The Making of "House II"
2017 · Movie

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Charlie Gemora: Uncredited
2016 · Movie

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Starstruck
1979 · Movie

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Made You Look
Movie