Alec Gillis
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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Credits
- 2025 · Cringe as Fitz
- 2023 · Eulogy to Us as
- 2022 · Prey as Predator Puppeteer (ADI)
- 2021 · Oats Studios: Volume 1 as Militia #1 / Bill
- 2021 · OATS Studios as 民兵
- 2021 · OATS Studios as William 'Billy'
- 2021 · Witches Midnight as Oswald Octav
- 2020 · Bad President - Kenya as William "Billy" Coltran
- 2020 · Tremors: Making Perfection as Himself
- 2019 · The Movies That Made Us as Self
- 2019 · Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters as Self
- 2019 · Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film as Self
- 2017 · Cooking with Bill as Bill
- 2017 · Bad President - Oil Spill as William 'Billy' Coltran
- 2017 · Bad President - All My Sh*t as William 'Billy' Coltran
- 2017 · Rakka as Militia #1
- 2015 · Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex as Self
- 2015 · The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars' as
- 2014 · Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot as Himself
- 2014 · Skin Wars as Self - Guest Judge
- 2012 · Men in Suits as Self
- 2012 · Astronaut: The Last Push as Charlie
- 2011 · Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class as Self
- 2010 · Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror as Self
- 2010 · Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments as Self
- 2009 · Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins as Self
- 2007 · Monster Squad Forever! as Self
- 2005 · The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz as Self
- 2005 · Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection as Self
- 2004 · AVP: Alien vs. Predator as Technician (uncredited)
- 2004 · Shooting 'Panic Room' as Self
- 2003 · Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' as Self
- 2003 · Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' as Self
- 2000 · Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination as Self
- 1998 · The Making of ‘Tremors’ as Self
- 1997 · Alien Resurrection as Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited)
- 1986 · Aliens as Alien (uncredited)