Alec Gillis
Acting • Born 1959-08-29
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.
Filmography
37 credits
Witches Midnight
Movie • 2021
Oswald Octav
Bad President - All My Sh*t
Movie • 2017
William 'Billy' Coltran
Bad President - Oil Spill
Movie • 2017
William 'Billy' Coltran
Astronaut: The Last Push
Movie • 2012
Charlie
Men in Suits
Movie • 2012
Self
The Making of ‘Tremors’
Movie • 1998
Self
Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot
Movie • 2014
Himself
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Movie • 2005
Self
Prey
Movie • 2022
Predator Puppeteer (ADI)
Aliens
Movie • 1986
Alien (uncredited)
Alien Resurrection
Movie • 1997
Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited)
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Movie • 2015
Self
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
Movie • 2011
Self
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Movie • 2019
Self
Rakka
Movie • 2017
Militia #1
Oats Studios: Volume 1
Movie • 2021
Militia #1 / Bill
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Movie • 2004
Self
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
Movie • 2009
Self
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Movie • 2004
Technician (uncredited)
Tremors: Making Perfection
Movie • 2020
Himself
Monster Squad Forever!
Movie • 2007
Self
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Movie • 2003
Self
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Movie • 2003
Self
The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'
Movie • 2015
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
Movie • 2010
Self
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Movie • 2019
Self
Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments
Movie • 2010
Self
Bad President - Kenya
Movie • 2020
William "Billy" Coltran
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
Movie • 2000
Self
Cringe
Movie • 2025
Fitz
Eulogy to Us
Movie • 2023
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Movie • 2005
Self
The Movies That Made Us
TV • 2019
Self
Cooking with Bill
TV • 2017
Bill
OATS Studios
TV • 2021
民兵
OATS Studios
TV • 2021
William 'Billy'
Skin Wars
TV • 2014
Self - Guest Judge