Chris Walas

Master of special effects and director, Chris Walas was born in 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. His film career spanned from the late 1970s to the early 2000s, where he primarily worked within the science fiction and horror genres, making a name for himself with films like "The Fly" and "Gremlins", the former earning him an Academy Award for Best Makeup. Despite not having a distinct authorial style due to his background in special effects, Walas undoubtedly left an indelible mark on the genres he worked within through his transformative makeup and creature effects. Chris Walas, with his ingenious visual magic, has indeed shown that beauty in cinema can also be created through grotesque and monstrous imagery.