Chris Walas
Birthday
1955/09/17 (69 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also know as
Christopher James Walas
Biography
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 ...Read more
Acting
(2005) The Brundle Museum of Natural History
as Self
Made You Look
as Creature
(2005) Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly
as Self
(1989) DeepStar Six
as (uncredited)
(2015) Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
as Self
(2014) The Scanners Way: Creating the Special Effects in 'Scanners'
as Himself
(2016) Charlie Gemora: Uncredited
as Himself
(2016) Long Live the King
as himself
(2020) Gremlins: A Puppet Story
as Narrator
(2017) It's Getting Weirder! The Making of "House II"
as ---
(2014) From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
as Self
(2000) The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect
as Self
(2019) Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
as Self