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Visual Effects

Chris Walas

Career

Active from 1989 to 2020, with a break from 1993 to 2016, busiest in 1989 with 2 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 24 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Chris Walas Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.0, average 5.4
  • Historical
    0.9, average 2.6
  • Melancholy
    3.4, average 4.7
  • Romance
    2.6, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    26
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    Upcoming

    1 title
    Made You Look
    Made You Look

    as Creature

    2020s

    1 title
    Gremlins: A Puppet Story
    Gremlins: A Puppet Story (2020)

    as Narrator

    2010s

    3 titles ยท average score 40
    Journey to the Forbidden Valley
    Journey to the Forbidden Valley (2017)
    GoodWatch score 52

    Co-Producer, Special Effects

    Elf-Man
    Elf-Man (2012)
    GoodWatch score 32

    Co-Producer

    Bear
    Bear (2010)
    GoodWatch score 35

    Co-Producer

    1990s

    7 titles ยท average score 55
    Virtuosity
    Virtuosity (1995)
    GoodWatch score 41

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Jade
    Jade (1995)
    GoodWatch score 40

    Makeup Effects Designer

    The Vagrant
    The Vagrant (1992)
    GoodWatch score 58

    Director

    Naked Lunch
    Naked Lunch (1991)
    GoodWatch score 70

    Creature Design

    Curse III: Blood Sacrifice
    Curse III: Blood Sacrifice (1991)
    GoodWatch score 35

    Creature Design

    Gremlins 2: The New Batch
    Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
    GoodWatch score 67

    Creature Design

    Arachnophobia
    Arachnophobia (1990)
    GoodWatch score 71

    Creature Effects Technical Director

    1980s

    10 titles ยท average score 62
    The Fly II
    The Fly II (1989)
    GoodWatch score 39

    Director, Effects Supervisor

    DeepStar Six
    DeepStar Six (1989)
    GoodWatch score 39

    as (uncredited)

    House II: The Second Story
    House II: The Second Story (1987)
    GoodWatch score 39

    Creature Effects Technical Director

    The Fly
    The Fly (1986)
    GoodWatch score 79

    Creature Design

    Enemy Mine
    Enemy Mine (1985)
    GoodWatch score 64

    Special Effects Makeup Artist, Creature Design

    Gremlins
    Gremlins (1984)
    GoodWatch score 75

    Creature Design

    Return of the Jedi
    Return of the Jedi (1983)
    GoodWatch score 77

    Creature Design

    Raiders of the Lost Ark
    Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
    GoodWatch score 88

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Scanners
    Scanners (1981)
    GoodWatch score 65

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Humanoids from the Deep
    Humanoids from the Deep (1980)
    GoodWatch score 49

    Special Effects

    1970s

    4 titles ยท average score 51
    Island of the Fishmen
    Island of the Fishmen (1979)
    GoodWatch score 53

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Up from the Depths
    Up from the Depths (1979)
    GoodWatch score 35

    Special Effects

    Starstruck
    Starstruck (1979)

    Creature Design

    Piranha
    Piranha (1978)
    GoodWatch score 64

    Special Props