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Chris Walas (born 1955) is an American special effects /make-up artist and film director.
Biography
His main body of work is with special effects in a wide variety of movies from science fiction to action-adventure. His work on The Fly The Fly II [ 1] The Fly Gremlins . Walas was also partially responsible for creating the famous sequence in Raiders of the Lost Ark Ark of the Covenant . Walas created false heads for Ronald Lacey , Wolf Kahler , and Paul Freeman .
Filmographies
Special effects
Make-up
Visual effects
Director
Notes
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1981–2000
1981: Rick Baker 1982: Sarah Monzani and Michèle Burke 1983: None given this year 1984: Paul LeBlanc and Dick Smith 1985: Michael Westmore and Zoltan Elek 1986: Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis 1987: Rick Baker 1988: Ve Neill , Steve La Porte , and Robert Short 1989: Manlio Rocchetti , Lynn Barber , and Kevin Haney 1990: Doug Drexler and John Caglione Jr. 1991: Jeff Dawn and Stan Winston 1992: Michèle Burke , Greg Cannom , and Matthew W. Mungle 1993: Greg Cannom , Ve Neill , and Yolanda Toussieng 1994: Rick Baker , Ve Neill , and Yolanda Toussieng 1995: Lois Burwell , Peter Frampton , and Paul Pattison 1996: Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson 1997: Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson 1998: Jenny Shircore 1999: Christine Blundell and Trefor Proud 2000: Rick Baker and Gail Ryan 2001–2020
2001: Peter Owen and Richard Taylor 2002: Beatrice De Alba and John E. Jackson 2003: Peter King and Richard Taylor 2004: Bill Corso and Valli O'Reilly 2005: Howard Berger and Tami Lane 2006: David Martí and Montse Ribé 2007: Jan Archibald and Didier Lavergne 2008: Greg Cannom 2009: Barney Burman , Mindy Hall , and Joel Harlow 2010: Rick Baker and Dave Elsey 2011: Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland 2012: Julie Dartnell and Lisa Westcott 2013: Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews 2014: Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier 2015: Damian Martin , Lesley Vanderwalt , and Elka Wardega 2016: Alessandro Bertolazzi , Giorgio Gregorini , and Christopher Nelson 2017: David Malinowski , Lucy Sibbick , and Kazuhiro Tsuji 2018: Greg Cannom , Kate Biscoe , and Patricia Dehaney 2019: Kazu Hiro , Anne Morgan , and Vivian Baker 2020: Sergio López-Rivera , Mia Neal , and Jamika Wilson 2021–present
Academy Award for Best Makeup before 2012
1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.
1970s 1980s 1990s
Stan Winston (1991)Ken Ralston , Tom Woodruff Jr., and Alec Gillis (1992)Dennis Muren , Stan Winston , Phil Tippett , and Michael Lantieri (1993)John Bruno (1994)Stan Parks (1995)Volker Engel , Clay Pinney , Douglas Smith , and Joe Viskocil (1996)Phil Tippett , Scott E. Anderson , Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., John Richardson (1997)Volker Engel , Patrick Tatopoulos , Karen E. Goulekas , and Clay Pinney (1998)Rob Coleman , John Knoll , Dennis Muren , and Scott Squires (1999) 2000s
Scott E. Anderson , Craig Hayes , Scott Stokdyk , and Stan Parks (2000)Dennis Muren , Scott Farrar , Stan Winston , Michael Lantieri (2001)Rob Coleman , Pablo Helman , John Knoll , and Ben Snow (2002)Jim Rygiel , Joe Letteri , Randall William Cook , and Alex Funke (2003)John Dykstra , Scott Stokdyk , Anthony LaMolinara , and John Frazier (2004)Joe Letteri , Richard Taylor , Christian Rivers , and Brian Van't Hul (2005)John Knoll , Hal T. Hickel , Charles Gibson , and Allen Hall (2006)Scott Farrar , Scott Benza , Russell Earl , and John Frazier (2007)Nick Davis , Chris Corbould , Timothy Webber , and Paul J. Franklin (2008)Joe Letteri , Stephen Rosenbaum , Richard Baneham , and Andrew R. Jones (2009) 2010s
Chris Corbould , Andrew Lockley , Paul J. Franklin , and Peter Bebb (2010)Dan Lemmon , Joe Letteri , R. Christopher White , and Daniel Barrett (2011)Janek Sirrs , Jeff White , Guy Williams , and Dan Sudick (2012)Tim Webber , Chris Lawrence , Dave Shirk , and Neil Corbould (2013)Paul J. Franklin , Andrew Lockley , Ian Hunter , and Scott R. Fisher (2014)Roger Guyett , Patrick Tubach , Neal Scanlan , and Chris Corbould (2015)John Knoll , Mohen Leo , Hal Hickel , and Neil Corbould (2016)Christopher Townsend , Guy Williams , Jonathan Fawkner , and Dan Sudick (2017)Dan DeLeeuw , Matt Aitken , Russell Earl , and Dan Sudick (2018/19)Roger Guyett , Neal Scanlan , Patrick Tubach , and Dominic Tuohy (2019/20) 2020s Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.
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