Alec Gillis
Actor
- Born
- August 29, 1959 (age 67) · 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.
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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
July 18, 1986
Prey
August 5, 2022
Alien Resurrection
November 12, 1997
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
August 12, 2004
Elektra
January 13, 2005
Rakka
June 14, 2017
Astronaut: The Last Push
June 1, 2012
Oats Studios: Volume 1
October 30, 2021
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
November 18, 2015
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
December 2, 2003
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
December 2, 2003
Bad President - All My Sh*t
June 20, 2017
Acting41
- 2026Robot Dracula as Alec
- 2025Cringe as Fitz
- 2023Eulogy to Us
- 2022Prey as Predator Puppeteer (ADI)
- 2021Oats Studios: Volume 1 as Militia #1 / Bill
- 2021Witches Midnight as Oswald Octav
- 2020Bad President - Kenya as William "Billy" Coltran
- 2020Tremors: Making Perfection as Himself
- 2019Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters as Self
- 2019Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film