Alec Gillis

Known for ActingBorn 1959-08-29 (age 66)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror

Men in Suits

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

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

Predator: Badlands

Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'

Prey

Aliens

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'

The Making of ‘Tremors’

Monster Squad Forever!

The Movies That Made Us

It

Alien: Romulus

Spider-Man

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

Jumanji

Playtime

Rakka

Starship Troopers

The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz

Shooting 'Panic Room'

It Chapter Two

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film

OATS Studios

Smile

The X-Files

Tremors

Smile 2

Panic Room

Skin Wars

Tremors: Making Perfection

The Monster Squad

The Santa Clause

Oats Studios: Volume 1

San Andreas

Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Alien Resurrection

Stay Tuned

The Santa Clause 2

The 6th Day

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Hollow Man

Leviathan