Chris Walas
Biography
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Leading FX wizard who first attracted attention for his makeup design on David Cronenberg's "Scanners" (1980) and Steven Spielberg's "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981). In the mid-1980s he formed Chris Walas Inc., the company responsible for creating beings such as the "Gremlins" (1984) and the over-sized spiders of "Arachnophobia" (1990). After his ingenious work on "The Fly" (1985), Wala...
Biography
Leading FX wizard who first attracted attention for his makeup design on David Cronenberg's "Scanners" (1980) and Steven Spielberg's "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981). In the mid-1980s he formed Chris Walas Inc., the company responsible for creating beings such as the "Gremlins" (1984) and the over-sized spiders of "Arachnophobia" (1990). After his ingenious work on "The Fly" (1985), Walas made his directing debut with the 1986 sequel, "The Fly II."
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
The Vagrant
(1992)
Director
The Fly II
(1989)
Director
Visual Effects (Feature Film)
Arachnophobia
(1990)
Digital Effects Supervisor
The Fly
(1986)
Mechanical Special Effects
Enemy Mine
(1985)
Special Creature Effects Director
Gremlins
(1984)
Mechanical Special Effects
Gremlins
(1984)
Visual Effects Designer
Caveman
(1981)
Special Effects
Airplane!
(1980)
Visual Effects
Make-Up (Feature Film)
The Kiss
(1988)
Special Makeup And Creature Effects
House II: The Second Story
(1987)
Makeup
The Fly
(1986)
Makeup
Enemy Mine
(1985)
Special Creature Makeup Director
Scanners
(1981)
Special Makeup
Raiders of the Lost Ark
(1981)
Special Makeup Effects
Galaxina
(1980)
Special Makeup Effects
Screamers
(1979)
Special Makeup Effects
Special Thanks (Feature Film)
Psycho Beach Party
(2000)
Special Thanks To
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
House II: The Second Story
(1987)
Other
Gremlins
(1984)
Other
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
(1983)
Consultant
Dragonslayer
(1981)
Other
Cast (Special)
Starstruck
(1979)
Mary-John
Life Events
1975
Moved to Los Angeles
1977
Joined Don Post Studios (special effects company) as painter; later promoted to designer
