Alec Gillis
Actor·b. 1959·New York City, New York, USA
29 horror credits
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.
Actor9 films
Eulogy to Us
Prey
Predator Puppeteer (ADI)
Oats Studios: Volume 1
Militia #1 / Bill
Witches Midnight
Oswald Octav
Rakka
Militia #1
Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments
Self
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Technician (uncredited)
Alien Resurrection
Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited)
Aliens
Alien (uncredited)
Director2 films
Playtime
Director
Harbinger Down
Director
Writer1 film
Harbinger Down
Writer
Producer1 film
Wellwood
Executive Producer
Makeup & FX6 films
Smile
Special Effects Makeup Artist
It Chapter Two
Makeup Designer
Panic Room
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Hollow Man
Makeup Designer
The Monster Squad
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Other Crew13 films
Smile 2
Makeup Effects Designer
Alien: Romulus
Special Effects Supervisor
Prey
Makeup Effects Designer
It
Makeup Effects Designer
Skyline
Creature Design
Panic Room
Makeup Effects
The 6th Day
Makeup Effects
The X-Files
Makeup Effects
Starship Troopers
Creature Effects Technical Director
Stay Tuned
Makeup Effects Designer
Tremors
Creature Design
Leviathan
Creature Design
Galaxy of Terror
Prosthetics