Alec Gillis
Acting
Born August 29, 1959 · 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…
Known For · 40 titles
Aliens
Prey
Alien Resurrection
Elektra
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
The Movies That Made Us
Skin Wars
OATS Studios
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Oats Studios: Volume 1
Rakka
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
Cooking with Bill
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Tremors: Making Perfection
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
Astronaut: The Last Push
Men in Suits
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
Monster Squad Forever!
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Bad President - All My Sh*t
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
Bad President - Oil Spill
The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe
Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji'
Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments
Bad President - Kenya
Eulogy to Us
The Making of ‘Tremors’
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
Witches Midnight