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