Alec Gillis

Alec Gillis

8/29/1959 (67 years old)New York City, New York, USA

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.

Filmography (42 titles)

CringeMovie

Cringe

Fitz · 2025

Eulogy to UsMovie

Eulogy to Us

2023

Prey7.7Movie

Prey

Predator Puppeteer (ADI) · 2022

Oats Studios: Volume 16.3Movie

Oats Studios: Volume 1

Militia #1 / Bill · 2021

OATS Studios6.7Show

OATS Studios

民兵 · 2021

Witches Midnight2.0Movie

Witches Midnight

Oswald Octav · 2021

Bad President - Kenya5.1Movie

Bad President - Kenya

William "Billy" Coltran · 2020

Tremors: Making Perfection6.4Movie

Tremors: Making Perfection

Himself · 2020

The Movies That Made Us7.3Show

The Movies That Made Us

Self · 2019

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters7.4Movie

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

Self · 2019

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film6.8Movie

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film

Self · 2019

Bad President - Oil Spill4.8Movie

Bad President - Oil Spill

William 'Billy' Coltran · 2017

Bad President - All My Sh*t4.5Movie

Bad President - All My Sh*t

William 'Billy' Coltran · 2017

Cooking with Bill5.5Show

Cooking with Bill

Bill · 2017

Rakka7.0Movie

Rakka

Militia #1 · 2017

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex7.2Movie

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

Self · 2015

The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'2.7Movie

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

2015

Leviathan: Monster Melting PotMovie

Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot

Himself · 2014

Skin Wars6.6Show

Skin Wars

Self - Guest Judge · 2014

Men in Suits8.0Movie

Men in Suits

Self · 2012

Astronaut: The Last Push5.2Movie

Astronaut: The Last Push

Charlie · 2012

Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class8.0Movie

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

Self · 2011

Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror8.3Movie

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

Self · 2010

Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie MomentsMovie

Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments

Self · 2010

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