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
Aliens
Prey
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
The Movies That Made Us
Alien Resurrection
Skin Wars
OATS Studios
OATS Studios
All Movies (37)
- Cringe2025 · as Fitz
- Eulogy to Us2023
- Prey2022 · as Predator Puppeteer (ADI)
- Oats Studios: Volume 12021 · as Militia #1 / Bill
- Witches Midnight2021 · as Oswald Octav
- Bad President - Kenya2020 · as William "Billy" Coltran
- Tremors: Making Perfection2020 · as Himself
- Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters2019 · as Self
- Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film2019 · as Self
- Bad President - All My Sh*t2017 · as William 'Billy' Coltran
- Bad President - Oil Spill2017 · as William 'Billy' Coltran
- Rakka2017 · as Militia #1
- Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex2015 · as Self
- The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'2015
- Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot2014 · as Himself
- Men in Suits2012 · as Self
- Astronaut: The Last Push2012 · as Charlie
- Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class2011 · as Self
- Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror2010 · as Self
- Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments2010 · as Self
- Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins2009 · as Self
- Monster Squad Forever!2007 · as Self
- The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz2005 · as Self
- Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection2005 · as Self
- AVP: Alien vs. Predator2004 · as Technician (uncredited)
- Shooting 'Panic Room'2004 · as Self
- Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'2003 · as Self
- Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'2003 · as Self
- Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'2002 · as Self
- Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'2002 · as Self
- Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe2002 · as Self
- Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination2000 · as Self
- Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji'2000 · as Self
- The Making of ‘Tremors’1998 · as Self
- Alien Resurrection1997 · as Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited)
- Aliens1986 · as Alien (uncredited)
- Fleshing Out the Hollow Man— · as Self
All TV Shows (5)
- OATS Studios2021 · as 民兵
- OATS Studios2021 · as William 'Billy'
- The Movies That Made Us2019 · as Self
- Cooking with Bill2017 · as Bill
- Skin Wars2014 · as Self - Guest Judge