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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Movies (72)
Robot Dracula
2026 · Alec
Predator: Badlands
2025 · Creature Design, Special Effects Supervisor
Cringe
2025 · Fitz, Thanks
Wellwood
2025 · Executive Producer
Smile 2
2024 · Makeup Effects Designer
Alien: Romulus
2024 · Special Effects Supervisor
Eulogy to Us
2023
Sonríe
2022 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Depredador: La presa
2022 · Predator Puppeteer (ADI), Makeup Effects Designer
Oats Studios: Volume 1
2021 · Militia #1 / Bill
Witches Midnight
2021 · Oswald Octav
Bad President - Kenya
2020 · William "Billy" Coltran
Tremors: Making Perfection
2020 · Himself
Adam 2.0
2020 · Thanks
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2019 · Self
IT: Capítulo 2
2019 · Makeup Designer
Playtime
2019 · Director
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019 · Self
It (Eso)
2017 · Makeup Effects Designer
Bad President - Oil Spill
2017 · William 'Billy' Coltran
Bad President - All My Sh*t
2017 · William 'Billy' Coltran
Rakka
2017 · Militia #1
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015 · Self
Naufragio Mortal
2015 · Director, Writer
Terremoto: La Falla De San Andrés
2015 · Makeup Effects
Héroe De Centro Comercial 2
2015 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'
2015
Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot
2014 · Himself
Percy Jackson y el mar de los monstruos
2013 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Men in Suits
2012 · Self
Astronaut: The Last Push
2012 · Charlie
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
2011 · Self
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
2010 · Self
Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments
2010 · Self
Skyline: La invasión
2010 · Creature Design
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
2009 · Self
Monster Squad Forever!
2007 · Self
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
2005 · Self
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005 · Self
Elektra
2005 · Puppeteer
Alien vs. Depredador
2004 · Technician (uncredited)
Shooting 'Panic Room'
2004 · Self
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
2003 · Self
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003 · Self
Santa Cláusula 2: La Navidad Corre Peligro
2002 · Makeup Effects Designer
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
2002 · Self
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
2002 · Self
Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe
2002 · Self
El hombre araña
2002 · Makeup Designer
La habitación del pánico
2002 · Makeup Effects, Special Effects Makeup Artist
El sexto día
2000 · Makeup Effects
El hombre sin sombra
2000 · Makeup Designer
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
2000 · Self
Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji'
2000 · Self
Los Expedientes X: La película
1998 · Makeup Effects
The Making of ‘Tremors’
1998 · Self
Alien: La resurrección
1997 · Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited)
Invasión
1997 · Creature Effects Technical Director
Jumanji
1995 · Makeup Designer
Santa Cláusula
1994 · Animatronics Designer, Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
Stay Tuned
1992 · Makeup Effects Designer
The Making of 'Alien³'
1992 · Self
Terror Bajo la Tierra
1990 · Creature Design
Leviathan
1989 · Creature Design
The Monster Squad
1987 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Aliens
1986 · Alien (uncredited)
The Clan of the Cave Bear
1986 · Animatronics Designer
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
1984 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Galaxy of Terror
1981 · Prosthetics
Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
· Self
Hollywood is Fine
· Alec Gillis, Story
Samuk
· Creature Design
