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.

Most Known For

Aliens

as Alien (uncredited)

Prey

as Predator Puppeteer (ADI)

The Movies That Made Us

as Self

Alien Resurrection

as Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited)

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

as Technician (uncredited)

OATS Studios

as 民兵

OATS Studios

as William 'Billy'

Skin Wars

as Self - Guest Judge

Oats Studios: Volume 1

as Militia #1 / Bill

Rakka

as Militia #1

Cooking with Bill

as Bill

Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class

as Self

Astronaut: The Last Push

as Charlie

Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'

as Self

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

as Self

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

as Self

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

as Self

Bad President - Oil Spill

as William 'Billy' Coltran

Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination

as Self

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

as Self