Chris Walas
- Visuelle Effekte
- 17. September 1955 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biografie
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 I
Bekannt aus
Filmografie
- Gremlins: A Puppet Story · Narrator, Regie
- Phil Tippett - Meister der fantastischen Kreaturen · Selbst
- It's Getting Weirder! The Making of "House II" · Selbst
- Journey to the Forbidden Valley · Buch, Koproduktion
- Long Live the King · Selbst
- Charlie Gemora: Uncredited · Selbst
- Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex · Selbst
- From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures · Selbst
- The Scanners Way: Creating the Special Effects in 'Scanners' · Selbst
- Ein Elf zu Weihnachten · Koproduktion
- Bear · Koproduktion
- Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly · Selbst
- The Brundle Museum of Natural History · Selbst
- The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect · Selbst
- Jade · Makeup Effects Designer
- Virtuosity · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Scary - Horrortrip in den Wahnsinn · Regie
- Naked Lunch · Creature Design
- Blood Sacrifice · Creature Design
- Arachnophobia · Creature Effects Technical Director
- Gremlins 2 - Die Rückkehr der kleinen Monster · Creature Design
- Geschichten aus der Gruft · Regie
- Die Fliege II · Regie, Effects Supervisor
- DeepStar Six · (uncredited), Creature Effects Technical Director
- House II - Das Unerwartete · Creature Effects Technical Director
- Die Fliege · Creature Design
- Enemy Mine - Geliebter Feind · Creature Design, Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Gremlins - Kleine Monster · Creature Design
- Die Rückkehr der Jedi-Ritter · Creature Design
- Jäger des verlorenen Schatzes · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Scanners - Ihre Gedanken können töten · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Das Grauen aus der Tiefe · Special Effects
- Starstruck · Creature Design
- Up from the Depths · Special Effects
- Insel der neuen Monster · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Piranhas · Special Props
- Made You Look · Creature, Special Effects