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.
36 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 36
Prey
2022
Aliens
1986
The Movies That Made Us
2019
Alien Resurrection
1997
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
2004
Skin Wars
2014
OATS Studios
2021
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
2011
Rakka
2017
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015
Oats Studios: Volume 1
2021
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
2003
Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments
2010
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
2000
Men in Suits
2012
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005
Astronaut: The Last Push
2012
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
2010
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
2009
Shooting 'Panic Room'
2004
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
2005
Tremors: Making Perfection
2020
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2019
Cooking with Bill
2017
Bad President - Oil Spill
2017
The Making of ‘Tremors’
1998
Monster Squad Forever!
2007
Witches Midnight
2021
Bad President - Kenya
2020
Bad President - All My Sh*t
2017
The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'
2015
Cringe
2025
Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot
2014
Eulogy to Us
2023
