Alec Gillis
- Recitazione
- 29 agosto 1959 · New York City, New York, USA
Biografia
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.
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Filmografia
- Robot Dracula · Alec
- Predator: Badlands · Creature Design, Special Effects Supervisor
- Cringe · Fitz, Ringraziamenti
- Wellwood · Produzione esecutiva
- 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 Studio · 民兵, William 'Billy'
- Witches Midnight · Oswald Octav
- Bad President - Kenya · William "Billy" Coltran
- Tremors: Making Perfection · In persona
- Adam 2.0 · Ringraziamenti
- I film della nostra infanzia · In persona
- Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters · In persona
- It - Capitolo due · Makeup Designer
- Playtime · Regia
- Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film · In persona
- It - Capitolo uno · Makeup Effects Designer
- Bad President - All My Sh*t · William 'Billy' Coltran
- Bad President - Oil Spill · William 'Billy' Coltran
- Cooking with Bill · Bill
- Rakka · Militia #1
- Amabili mostri - 100 anni di effetti speciali · In persona
- Harbinger Down - Terrore tra i ghiacci · Regia, Sceneggiatura
- San Andreas · Makeup Effects
- Il superpoliziotto del supermercato 2 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'
- Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot · In persona
- Skin Wars · In persona
- Percy Jackson e gli Dei dell'Olimpo - Il mare dei mostri · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Men in Suits · In persona
- Astronaut - The Last Push · Charlie
- Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class · In persona
- Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror · In persona
- Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments · In persona
- Skyline · Creature Design
- Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins · In persona
- Monster Squad Forever! · In persona
- The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz · In persona
- Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection · In persona
- Elektra · Puppeteer
- Alien vs. Predator · Technician (uncredited)
- Shooting 'Panic Room' · In persona
- Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' · In persona
- Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' · In persona
- Che fine ha fatto Santa Clause? · Makeup Effects Designer
- Behind the Scenes of 'John Q' · In persona
- Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' · In persona
- Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe · In persona
- Spider-Man · Makeup Designer
- Panic Room · Makeup Effects, Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Il 6° giorno · Makeup Effects
- L'uomo senza ombra · Makeup Designer
- Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination · In persona
- Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji' · In persona
- X-Files - Il film · Makeup Effects
- The Making of ‘Tremors’ · In persona
- Alien - La clonazione · Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited)
- Starship Troopers - Fanteria dello spazio · Creature Effects Technical Director
- Jumanji · Makeup Designer
- Santa Clause · Animatronics Designer, Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
- Frequenze pericolose · Makeup Effects Designer
- The Making of 'Alien³' · In persona
- Tremors · Creature Design
- Leviathan · Creature Design
- Scuola di mostri · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Aliens - Scontro finale · Alien (uncredited)
- Cro Magnon - Odissea nella preistoria · Animatronics Designer
- Venerdì 13 - Capitolo finale · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Il pianeta del terrore · Prosthetics
- Fleshing Out the Hollow Man · In persona
- Hollywood is Fine · Alec Gillis, Soggetto
- Samuk · Creature Design