Acting
Alec Gillis
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
Robot Dracula
Film · 2026
Cringe
Film · 2025
Eulogy to Us
Film · 2023
Prey
Film · 2022
Witches Midnight
Film · 2021
Oats Studios: Volume 1
Film · 2021
OATS Studios
Series · 2021
OATS Studios
Series · 2021
Tremors: Making Perfection
Film · 2020
Bad President - Kenya
Film · 2020
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Film · 2019
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Film · 2019
The Movies That Made Us
Series · 2019
Bad President - Oil Spill
Film · 2017
Bad President - All My Sh*t
Film · 2017
Rakka
Film · 2017
Cooking with Bill
Series · 2017
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Film · 2015
The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'
Film · 2015
Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot
Film · 2014
Skin Wars
Series · 2014
Astronaut: The Last Push
Film · 2012
Men in Suits
Film · 2012
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
Film · 2011
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
Film · 2010
Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments
Film · 2010
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
Film · 2009
Monster Squad Forever!
Film · 2007
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Film · 2005
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Film · 2005
Elektra
Film · 2005
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Film · 2004
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Film · 2004
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Film · 2003
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Film · 2003
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
Film · 2002
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
Film · 2002
Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe
Film · 2002
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
Film · 2000
Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji'
Film · 2000
The Making of ‘Tremors’
Film · 1998
Alien Resurrection
Film · 1997
The Making of 'Alien³'
Film · 1992
Aliens
Film · 1986
Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
Film
Hollywood is Fine
Film