Alec Gillis
Acting
- Born:
- 1959-08-29
- Place of birth:
- New York City, New York, USA
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
Filmography
Robot Dracula
Predator: Badlands
Cringe
Wellwood
Smile 2
Alien: Romulus
Eulogy to Us
Smile
Prey
Oats Studios: Volume 1
OATS Studios
Witches Midnight
Bad President - Kenya
Tremors: Making Perfection
Adam 2.0
The Movies That Made Us
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
It Chapter Two
Playtime
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
It
Bad President - All My Sh*t
Bad President - Oil Spill
Cooking with Bill
Rakka
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Harbinger Down
San Andreas
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'
Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot
Skin Wars
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Men in Suits
Astronaut: The Last Push
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments
Skyline
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
Monster Squad Forever!
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Elektra
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
The Santa Clause 2
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe
Spider-Man
Panic Room
The 6th Day
Hollow Man
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji'
The X-Files
The Making of ‘Tremors’