Alec Gillis
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 (41 titles)
MovieCringe
Fitz · 2025
MovieEulogy to Us
2023
7.7MoviePrey
Predator Puppeteer (ADI) · 2022
6.3MovieOats Studios: Volume 1
Militia #1 / Bill · 2021
6.7ShowOATS Studios
民兵 · 2021
2.0MovieWitches Midnight
Oswald Octav · 2021
5.1MovieBad President - Kenya
William "Billy" Coltran · 2020
6.4MovieTremors: Making Perfection
Himself · 2020
7.3ShowThe Movies That Made Us
Self · 2019
7.5MoviePhil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Self · 2019
6.8MovieMaking Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Self · 2019
4.5MovieBad President - All My Sh*t
William 'Billy' Coltran · 2017
4.8MovieBad President - Oil Spill
William 'Billy' Coltran · 2017
5.5ShowCooking with Bill
Bill · 2017
7.0MovieRakka
Militia #1 · 2017
7.2MovieCreature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Self · 2015
2.7MovieThe Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'
2015
MovieLeviathan: Monster Melting Pot
Himself · 2014
6.5ShowSkin Wars
Self - Guest Judge · 2014
8.0MovieMen in Suits
Self · 2012
5.2MovieAstronaut: The Last Push
Charlie · 2012
8.0MovieChildren of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
Self · 2011
8.3MovieTales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
Self · 2010
MovieChiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments
Self · 2010
6.2MovieWolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
Self · 2009
7.4MovieMonster Squad Forever!
Self · 2007
5.3MovieThe Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Self · 2005
8.0MovieRay Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Self · 2005
6.0MovieAVP: Alien vs. Predator
Technician (uncredited) · 2004
7.0MovieShooting 'Panic Room'
Self · 2004