Chris Walas
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- 17 de septiembre de 1955 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biografía
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
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Filmografía
- Gremlins: A Puppet Story · Narrator, Dirección
- Un genio llamado Phil Tippett · En persona
- It's Getting Weirder! The Making of "House II" · En persona
- Journey to the Forbidden Valley · Guion, Coproducción
- Long Live the King · En persona
- Charlie Gemora: Uncredited · En persona
- Creadores de criaturas: El complejo Frankenstein · En persona
- From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures · En persona
- The Scanners Way: Creating the Special Effects in 'Scanners' · En persona
- Elf-Man · Coproducción
- Bear · Coproducción
- Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly · En persona
- The Brundle Museum of Natural History · En persona
- The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect · En persona
- Jade · Makeup Effects Designer
- Virtuosity · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Psicosis mortal · Dirección
- El almuerzo desnudo · Creature Design
- La maldición del Hechicero · Creature Design
- Aracnofobia · Creature Effects Technical Director
- Gremlins II. La nueva generación · Creature Design
- Historias de la cripta · Dirección
- La mosca 2 · Dirección, Effects Supervisor
- Profundidad Seis · (uncredited), Creature Effects Technical Director
- House II, aún más alucinante · Creature Effects Technical Director
- La mosca · Creature Design
- Enemigo mío · Creature Design, Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Gremlins · Creature Design
- El retorno del Jedi · Creature Design
- En busca del arca perdida · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Scanners · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Humanoides del abismo · Special Effects
- Starstruck · Creature Design
- Up from the Depths · Special Effects
- La isla de los hombres peces · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Piraña · Special Props
- Made You Look · Creature, Special Effects