Alec Gillis
Acting • Born on 8/29/1959 in New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography (42)
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)
Skin Wars
Self - Guest Judge
Elektra
Puppeteer
OATS Studios
民兵
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Self
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Self
Astronaut: The Last Push
Charlie
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Self