profile image

Alec Gillis

Aug 29, 1959 (66 years old) 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.

Known For

poster
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Self
poster
Aliens
Alien (uncredited)
poster
Prey
Predator Puppeteer (ADI)
poster
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Self
poster
Alien Resurrection
Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited)
poster
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
Self
poster
Bad President - All My Sh*t
William 'Billy' Coltran
poster
The Movies That Made Us
Self
poster
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Technician (uncredited)
poster
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Self

Credits