Alec Gillis
- Acting
- 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 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 · Alec
- Predator: Badlands · Creature Design, Special Effects Supervisor
- Cringe · Fitz, Thanks
- Wellwood · Executive producer
- Smile 2 · Makeup Effects Designer
- Alien: Romulus · Special Effects Supervisor
- Eulogy to Us
- Smile · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Prey · Predator Puppeteer (ADI), Makeup Effects Designer
- Oats Studios: Volume 1 · Militia #1 / Bill
- OATS Studios · 民兵, William 'Billy'
- Witches Midnight · Oswald Octav
- Bad President - Kenya · William "Billy" Coltran
- Tremors: Making Perfection · Self
- Adam 2.0 · Thanks
- The Movies That Made Us · Self
- Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters · Self
- It Chapter Two · Makeup Designer
- Playtime · Director
- Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film · Self
- It · Makeup Effects Designer
- Bad President - Oil Spill · William 'Billy' Coltran
- Bad President - All My Sh*t · William 'Billy' Coltran
- Cooking with Bill · Bill
- Rakka · Militia #1
- Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex · Self
- Harbinger Down · Director, Writer
- San Andreas · Makeup Effects
- Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'
- Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot · Self
- Skin Wars · Self
- Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Men in Suits · Self
- Astronaut: The Last Push · Charlie
- Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class · Self
- Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror · Self
- Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments · Self
- Skyline · Creature Design
- Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins · Self
- Monster Squad Forever! · Self
- The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz · Self
- Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection · Self
- Elektra · Puppeteer
- AVP: Alien vs. Predator · Technician (uncredited)
- Shooting 'Panic Room' · Self
- Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' · Self
- Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' · Self
- The Santa Clause 2 · Makeup Effects Designer
- Behind the Scenes of 'John Q' · Self
- Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' · Self
- Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe · Self
- Spider-Man · Makeup Designer
- Panic Room · Makeup Effects, Special Effects Makeup Artist
- The 6th Day · Makeup Effects
- Hollow Man · Makeup Designer
- Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination · Self
- Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji' · Self
- The X-Files · Makeup Effects
- The Making of ‘Tremors’ · Self
- Alien Resurrection · Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited)
- Starship Troopers · Creature Effects Technical Director
- Jumanji · Makeup Designer
- The Santa Clause · Animatronics Designer, Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
- Stay Tuned · Makeup Effects Designer
- The Making of 'Alien³' · Self
- Tremors · Creature Design
- Leviathan · Creature Design
- The Monster Squad · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Aliens · Alien (uncredited)
- The Clan of the Cave Bear · Animatronics Designer
- Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Galaxy of Terror · Prosthetics
- Fleshing Out the Hollow Man · Self
- Hollywood is Fine · Alec Gillis, Story
- Samuk · Creature Design