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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Witches Midnight
as Oswald Octav
2021
Bad President - All My Sh*t
as William 'Billy' Coltran
2017
Bad President - Oil Spill
as William 'Billy' Coltran
2017
Astronaut: The Last Push
as Charlie
2012
Men in Suits
as Self
2012
The Making of ‘Tremors’
as Self
1998
Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot
as Himself
2014
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
as Self
2005
Prey
as Predator Puppeteer (ADI)
2022
Aliens
as Alien (uncredited)
1986
Alien Resurrection
as Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited)
1997
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
as Self
2015
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
as Self
2011
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
as Self
2019
Rakka
as Militia #1
2017
Oats Studios: Volume 1
as Militia #1 / Bill
2021
Shooting 'Panic Room'
as Self
2004
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
as Self
2009
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
as Technician (uncredited)
2004
Tremors: Making Perfection
as Himself
2020
