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Chris Walas

Make-up Artist / Film Director | * 1955 (69) | Chicago (United States of America (USA))
Christopher James Walas (born 1955) is an American special effects artist, make-up effects artist, film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his work on the film The Fly (1986),for which he won an Academy Award and was nominated for two British Academy Film Awards. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Horror | Science Fiction | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

Awards & Nominations for Chris Walas

Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
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Movies with Chris Walas as Actor(11)

Movies with Chris Walas as Crew(25)

Crew/Special Effects2023 Made You Look
Directing/Director2020 Gremlins: A Puppet Story
Production/Co-Producer2012 Elf-Man
Costume & Make-Up/Special Effects Makeup Artist1995 Virtuosity
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Effects Designer1995 Jade
Directing/Director1992 The Vagrant
Visual Effects/Creature Design1991 Curse III: Blood Sacrifice
Visual Effects/Creature Design1991 Naked Lunch
Visual Effects/Creature Effects Technical Director1990 Arachnophobia
Visual Effects/Creature Design1990 Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Visual Effects/Creature Effects Technical Director1989 DeepStar Six
Directing/Director1989 The Fly II
Visual Effects/Effects Supervisor1989 The Fly II
Visual Effects/Creature Effects Technical Director1987 House II: The Second Story
Visual Effects/Creature Design1986 The Fly
Costume & Make-Up/Special Effects Makeup Artist1985 Enemy Mine
Visual Effects/Creature Design1985 Enemy Mine
Visual Effects/Creature Design1984 Gremlins
Visual Effects/Creature Design1983 Return of the Jedi
Costume & Make-Up/Special Effects Makeup Artist1981 Scanners
Crew/Special Effects1980 Humanoids from the Deep
Crew/Special Effects1979 Up from the Depths
Visual Effects/Creature Design1979 Starstruck
Costume & Make-Up/Special Effects Makeup Artist1979 Island of the Fishmen
Visual Effects/Visual Effects1978 Piranha

TV Shows/Series with Chris Walas as Crew(1)

Directing/Director1989 Tales from the Crypt

Full Name: Chris Walas
Born: 1955 in Chicago (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 69 years)
Chris Walas frequently works together with these people:
Joe Dante (9x, Actor)
David Cronenberg (8x, Crew)
Phil Tippett (8x, Crew)
Alexandre Poncet (7x, Crew)
Gilles Penso (7x, Crew)
Steven Spielberg (6x, Crew)
Rick Baker (6x, Crew)
Jerry Goldsmith (5x, Crew)
Frank Marshall (5x, Crew)
Michael Lennick (5x, Crew)
Sean Barton (4x, Crew)
Richard Donner (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:64726, Added: 05/23/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024