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Alec Gillis

Alec Gillis

Actor · Born August 29, 1959 · New York City, New York, USA

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Biography

Alec Dougal Gillis is an Academy Award-winning American special effects artist and actor who served as part of the creature effects crew on the 1986 film Aliens, the 1992 film Alien3, the 1997 film Alien Resurrection, the 2004 film Alien vs. Predator, the 2007 film Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem and the 2018 film The Predator. He also appeared in a cameo as an unnamed technician in Alien vs. Predator, although he was not credited for the role. In 1988, Gillis co-founded Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc. (ADI) with Tom Woodruff, Jr., and the company has since provided creature effects for Alien3, Alien Resurrection, Alien vs. Predator and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem. Gillis's work has won an Academy Award for Visual Effects (for Death Becomes Her, although he was not listed on the official nomination) and a BAFTA. For his work on Alien3, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Visual Effects, a BAFTA and a Saturn Award.

Acted in 18

2020s

  1. 2026

    Robot Dracula

    Alec

  2. 2025

    Cringe

    Fitz

  3. 2023

    Eulogy to Us

    Movie

  4. 2022

    Prey

    Predator Puppeteer (ADI)

    77
  5. 2021

    Oats Studios: Volume 1

    Militia #1 / Bill

  6. OATS Studios

    民兵, William 'Billy' · 10 episodes

    64

  7. Witches Midnight

    Oswald Octav

  8. 2020

    Bad President - Kenya

    William "Billy" Coltran

2010s

  1. 2017

    Bad President - Oil Spill

    William 'Billy' Coltran

  2. Bad President - All My Sh*t

    William 'Billy' Coltran

  3. Cooking with Bill

    Bill · 4 episodes

  4. Rakka

    Militia #1

    72
  5. 2015

    The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'

    Movie

  6. 2012

    Astronaut: The Last Push

    Charlie

    53

Costume and makeup 17

Other crew 6

1980s

  1. 1986

    The Clan of the Cave Bear

    Animatronics Designer

Visual effects 6

Directed 2

2010s

  1. 2019

    Playtime

    Director

  2. 2015

    Harbinger Down

    Director

    45

Wrote 1

Produced 1

Appearances26

2020s

  1. 2020

    Tremors: Making Perfection

    Himself

2010s

  1. 2019

    The Movies That Made Us

    Self · 1 episode

    76

  2. Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

    Self

  3. Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film

    Self

    74
  4. 2015

    Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

    Self

    73
  5. 2014

    Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot

    Himself

  6. Skin Wars

    Self - Guest Judge · 1 episode

  7. 2012

    Men in Suits

    Self

  8. 2011

    Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class

    Self

  9. 2010

    Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror

    Self

  10. Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments

    Self

2000s

  1. 2009

    Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins

    Self

  2. 2007

    Monster Squad Forever!

    Self

  3. 2005

    The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz

    Self

  4. Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

    Self

  5. 2004

    Shooting 'Panic Room'

    Self

  6. 2003

    Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'

    Self

  7. Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

    Self

  8. 2002

    Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'

    Self

  9. Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'

    Self

  10. Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe

    Self

  11. 2000

    Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination

    Self

  12. Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji'

    Self

1990s

  1. 1998

    The Making of ‘Tremors’

    Self

  2. 1992

    The Making of 'Alien³'

    Self

No release date

  1. Fleshing Out the Hollow Man

    Self

Thanked in the credits2

2020s

  1. 2025

    Cringe

    Thanks

  2. 2020

    Adam 2.0

    Thanks