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Chris Walas
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American special effects artist and film director
Film & TV
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…
Known for
- Gremlins: A Puppet Story — Narrator2020
- Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters — Self2019
- It's Getting Weirder! The Making of "House II" — Self2017
- Charlie Gemora: Uncredited — Himself2016
- Long Live the King — himself2016
- Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex — Self2015
- The Scanners Way: Creating the Special Effects in 'Scanners' — Himself2014
- From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures — Self2014
- The Brundle Museum of Natural History — Self2005
- Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly — Self2005
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Chris
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Occupation
- film producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- film production
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- date of birth
- 1955-01-01
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
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Christopher Walas (Chicago, Illinois, 1955) é um artista de efeitos especiais, maquilhador e cineasta americano que criou a criação em Industrial Light & Magic. Chris Walas participou como artista de efeitos especiais: * Piranha (1978) * (1979) * O Monstro (1980) * O Aeroplano (Airplane) (1980) * O Dragão do Lago de Fogo (Dragonslayer) (1981) * Gremlins - O Pequeno Monstro (Gremlins) (1984) * Os Inimigos (Enemy Mine) (1985) * A Mosca (The Fly) (1986) * Uma Casa Alucinante - Parte 2 (1987) * A Mosca II (The Fly II) (1989) * Aracnofobia (Arachnophobia) (1990) * (1991) * O Festim Nu (Naked Lunch) (1991) Chris Walas participou como maquilhador: * A Ilha dos Homens Peixes (L'isola degli uomini pesce) (1979) * Galaxina, a Mulher do Ano 3000 (1980) * Scanners (1981) * O Homem das Cavernas (Caveman) (1981) * Os Salteadores da Arca Perdida (Raiders of the Lost Ark) (1981) * Gremlins - O Pequeno Monstro (Gremlins) (1984) * Os Inimigos (Enemy Mine) (1985) * O Beijo Mortal (The Kiss) (1988) * Terror nas Profundidades (DeepStar Six) (1989) * Contos de Arrepiar (Tales from the Crypt) (1989-1996) * Assassino Virtual (Virtuosity) (1995) * Jade (1995) * (2002) Chris Walas participou como cineasta: * A Mosca II (The Fly II) (1989) * Contos de Arrepiar (Tales from the Crypt) (1989-1996) * (1992)
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