Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 29, 1959
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
71 titles
Alec Gillis
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.
Known For
Filmography
Predator: Badlands
Creature Design
Cringe
Fitz
Wellwood
Executive Producer
Smile 2
Makeup Effects Designer
Alien: Romulus
Special Effects Supervisor
Eulogy to Us
Smile
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Prey
Predator Puppeteer (ADI)
Oats Studios: Volume 1
Militia #1 / Bill
OATS Studios
民兵
Witches Midnight
Oswald Octav
Bad President - Kenya
William "Billy" Coltran
Tremors: Making Perfection
Himself
Adam 2.0
Thanks
The Movies That Made Us
Self
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Self
It Chapter Two
Makeup Designer
Playtime
Director
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Self
It
Makeup Effects Designer
Cooking with Bill
Bill
Bad President - All My Sh*t
William 'Billy' Coltran
Bad President - Oil Spill
William 'Billy' Coltran
Rakka
Militia #1
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Self
Harbinger Down
Director
San Andreas
Makeup Effects
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'
Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot
Himself
Skin Wars
Self - Guest Judge
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Men in Suits
Self
Astronaut: The Last Push
Charlie
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
Self
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
Self
Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments
Self
Skyline
Creature Design
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
Self
Monster Squad Forever!
Self
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Self
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Self
Elektra
Puppeteer
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Technician (uncredited)
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Self
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Self
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Self
The Santa Clause 2
Makeup Effects Designer
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
Self
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
Self