Alec Gillis
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.
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Movies (46)
Predator: Badlands
Creature Design (Visual Effects)
2025
Cringe
as Fitz
2025
Wellwood
Executive Producer (Production)
2025
Eulogy to Us
2023
Smile
Special Effects Makeup Artist (Costume & Make-Up)
2022
Prey
as Predator Puppeteer (ADI)
2022
Oats Studios: Volume 1
as Militia #1 / Bill
2021
Witches Midnight
as Oswald Octav
2021
Bad President - Kenya
as William "Billy" Coltran
2020
Tremors: Making Perfection
as Himself
2020
Adam 2.0
Thanks (Crew)
2020
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
as Self
2019
It Chapter Two
Makeup Designer (Costume & Make-Up)
2019
Playtime
Director (Directing)
2019
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
as Self
2019
It
Makeup Effects Designer (Costume & Make-Up)
2017
Bad President - All My Sh*t
as William 'Billy' Coltran
2017
Bad President - Oil Spill
as William 'Billy' Coltran
2017
Rakka
as Militia #1
2017
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
as Self
2015
Harbinger Down
Writer (Writing)
2015
San Andreas
Makeup Effects (Crew)
2015
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
Special Effects Makeup Artist (Costume & Make-Up)
2015
The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'
2015
Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot
as Himself
2014
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Special Effects Makeup Artist (Costume & Make-Up)
2013
Men in Suits
as Self
2012
Astronaut: The Last Push
as Charlie
2012
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
as Self
2011
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
as Self
2010
Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments
as Self
2010
Skyline
Creature Design (Visual Effects)
2010
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
as Self
2009
Monster Squad Forever!
as Self
2007
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
as Self
2005
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
as Self
2005
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
as Technician (uncredited)
2004
Shooting 'Panic Room'
as Self
2004
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
as Self
2003
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
as Self
2003
The Santa Clause 2
Makeup Effects Designer (Costume & Make-Up)
2002
Spider-Man
Makeup Designer (Costume & Make-Up)
2002
Panic Room
Makeup Effects (Crew)
2002
The 6th Day
Makeup Effects (Crew)
2000
Hollow Man
Makeup Designer (Costume & Make-Up)
2000
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
as Self
2000
