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Chris Walas

American special effects artist and film director
Person Human Q355995

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
1955
Place of birth
Chicago
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
make-up artist, film director, film screenwriter, film producer, director
Field of work
film direction, film screenwriting, film production[9][10][11]
Award received
Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling[12]
Nominated for
Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[17]
Family name
Walas[14]
Given name
Chris[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Christopher James Walas en Chris Walas cs Christopher James Walas cs Christopher Walas de Walas es Christopher James Walas he כריס וואלס ja クリス・ウェイラス pt Christopher Walas ru Крис Уолас ru Уолас, Крис zh 克里斯·瓦拉斯
🔖 Identifiers · 36
ISNI
0000000059459132
VIAF cluster ID
74050469
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n2011079670
GND ID
137922426
Academy Awards Database nominee ID
5364
AllMovie person ID
p115748
Allcinema person ID
16195
BIBSYS ID
5040064
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14023835q
Cinémathèque québécoise person ID
9410
Danish National Filmography person ID
67285
Elonet person ID
120493
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Europeana entity
agent/base/157074
Film.ru person ID
kris-uoles
FilmPolski ID
105296
Freebase ID
/m/07q9sq
HAND ID
A349-DFC6-F4D6-A13C-1804
IMDb ID
nm0906901
Ivi person ID
kris-uolas
Kinobox person ID
44978
Kinopoisk person ID
117487
LdiF person ID
3849
MYmovies person ID
47755
Movie Walker Press person ID
18342
MovieMeter person ID
64875
NL CR AUT ID
xx0316745
NLP ID
a0000001712932
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810667933405606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1792121
Plex person key
5d7768357228e5001f1de6e5
SNAC ARK ID
w6305gz0
Swedish Film Database person ID
181559
TMDB person ID
64875
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/9d0c2699-3325-4a34-86b8-27d7fe8194f2
ČSFD person ID
3346

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
film director, film producer, make-up artist
Field of work 2
film production, film direction
Films directed 2
The Fly II, The Vagrant
Award received 1
Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Given name 1
Chris
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Nominated for 1
Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Place of birth 1
Chicago
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
Valdehorna
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Summary

Chris Walas was born on 1955[1] in Chicago[2]. He has worked as a make-up artist[3], film director[4], film screenwriter[5], film producer[6], and director[7].

FAQs

Where was Chris Walas born?

Chris Walas was born in Chicago[2].

What did Chris Walas do for work?

Chris Walas worked as a make-up artist[3], film director[4], film screenwriter[5], film producer[6], and director[7].

What awards did Chris Walas receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling[12].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11h ago · Printstream · 2026-11-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65759: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
  2. 7w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Allcinema person ID → 16195
    "Created claim: Allcinema person ID: 16195, Matched to クリス・ウェイラス (#321951472) in Allcinema person #mix'"
  3. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → A349-DFC6-F4D6-A13C-1804
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46458: HAND ID (5)"
  4. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Chris
    Field of work → film direction, film screenwriting, film production
    Family name → Walas
    Country of citizenship → United States
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32085: import P21 and P106 from GND (27)"
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