Alec Gillis
Acting
Born: 1959-08-29 in 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
Aliens
Alien (uncredited)
Prey
Predator Puppeteer (ADI)
Alien Resurrection
Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited)
The Movies That Made Us
Self
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Technician (uncredited)
Elektra
Puppeteer
OATS Studios
民兵
OATS Studios
William 'Billy'
Skin Wars
Self - Guest Judge
Rakka
Militia #1
Oats Studios: Volume 1
Militia #1 / Bill
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Self
Astronaut: The Last Push
Charlie
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
Self
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Self
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
Self
Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
Self
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Self
Cooking with Bill
Bill
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
Self
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Self
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Self
Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe
Self
Monster Squad Forever!
Self
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
Self
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Self
Men in Suits
Self
Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments
Self
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Self
Tremors: Making Perfection
Himself
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
Self
Eulogy to Us
The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
Self
Bad President - Oil Spill
William 'Billy' Coltran
Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji'
Self
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Self
Bad President - All My Sh*t
William 'Billy' Coltran
Witches Midnight
Oswald Octav
Bad President - Kenya
William "Billy" Coltran