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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), [1] for which he won an Academy Award and was nominated for two British Academy Film Awards .
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).
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Jan 31, 2023 · Enter Chris Walas and his studio, a small band of puppet designers who brought life to the cute, cuddly Mogwai and the scaly, destructive gremlins they transformed into. Walas and his crew were...
May 3, 2017 · As the special effects supervisor on the 1984 holiday horror comedy Gremlins, Chris Walas was there for it all. Not only was he present as director Joe Dante worked to create this quirky and unforgettable film, without Mr. Walas, it would have just been called “People”, as producer Steven Spielberg once joked.
Feb 20, 2024 · Directed by special effects master Chris Walas (who won an Academy Award for his work on The Fly ), Fly II continues the “Brundlefly” legacy with the birth of Martin Brundle (Eric Stoltz), an...
Chris Walas has worked in the entertainment business for almost forty years in film, television and theater. Working freelance for many years on low budget films and television, he left LA to work for George Lucas’ Industrial Light and Magic, where he worked on DRAGONSLAYER, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK and RETURN OF THE JEDI.
