Alec Gillis
Acting
1959-08-29 · New York City, New York, USA
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
Robot Dracula
2026 · Movie
Predator: Badlands
2025 · Movie
Cringe
2025 · Movie
Wellwood
2025 · Movie
Smile 2
2024 · Movie
Alien: Romulus
2024 · Movie
Eulogy to Us
2023 · Movie
Smile
2022 · Movie
Prey
2022 · Movie
Oats Studios: Volume 1
2021 · Movie
OATS Studios
2021 · Series
Witches Midnight
2021 · Movie
Bad President - Kenya
2020 · Movie
Tremors: Making Perfection
2020 · Movie
Adam 2.0
2020 · Movie
The Movies That Made Us
2019 · Series
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2019 · Movie
It Chapter Two
2019 · Movie
Playtime
2019 · Movie
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019 · Movie
It
2017 · Movie
Cooking with Bill
2017 · Series
Bad President - All My Sh*t
2017 · Movie
Bad President - Oil Spill
2017 · Movie
Rakka
2017 · Movie
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015 · Movie
Harbinger Down
2015 · Movie
San Andreas
2015 · Movie
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
2015 · Movie
The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'
2015 · Movie
Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot
2014 · Movie
Skin Wars
2014 · Series
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
2013 · Movie
Men in Suits
2012 · Movie
Astronaut: The Last Push
2012 · Movie
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
2011 · Movie
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
2010 · Movie
Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments
2010 · Movie
Skyline
2010 · Movie
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
2009 · Movie
Monster Squad Forever!
2007 · Movie
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
2005 · Movie
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005 · Movie
Elektra
2005 · Movie
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
2004 · Movie
Shooting 'Panic Room'
2004 · Movie
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003 · Movie
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
2003 · Movie
The Santa Clause 2
2002 · Movie
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
2002 · Movie
Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe
2002 · Movie
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
2002 · Movie
Spider-Man
2002 · Movie
Panic Room
2002 · Movie
The 6th Day
2000 · Movie
Hollow Man
2000 · Movie
Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji'
2000 · Movie
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
2000 · Movie
The X-Files
1998 · Movie
The Making of ‘Tremors’
1998 · Movie
Alien Resurrection
1997 · Movie
Starship Troopers
1997 · Movie
Jumanji
1995 · Movie
The Santa Clause
1994 · Movie
Stay Tuned
1992 · Movie
The Making of 'Alien³'
1992 · Movie
Tremors
1990 · Movie
Leviathan
1989 · Movie
The Monster Squad
1987 · Movie
Aliens
1986 · Movie
The Clan of the Cave Bear
1986 · Movie
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
1984 · Movie
Galaxy of Terror
1981 · Movie
Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
Movie
Samuk
Movie
Hollywood is Fine
Movie