- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 29, 1959
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
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,…
Filmography
moviePredator: Badlands
2025 · Creature Design, Special Effects Supervisor
movieCringe
2025 · Fitz
movieWellwood
2025 · Executive Producer
movieSmile 2
2024 · Makeup Effects Designer
movieAlien: Romulus
2024 · Special Effects Supervisor
movieEulogy to Us
2023
movieSmile
2022 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
moviePrey
2022 · Predator Puppeteer (ADI), Makeup Effects Designer
movieOats Studios: Volume 1
2021 · Militia #1 / Bill
tvOATS Studios
2021 · 民兵, William 'Billy'
movieWitches Midnight
2021 · Oswald Octav
movieBad President - Kenya
2020 · William "Billy" Coltran
movieTremors: Making Perfection
2020 · Himself
movieAdam 2.0
2020 · Thanks
tvThe Movies That Made Us
2019 · Self
moviePhil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2019 · Self
movieIt Chapter Two
2019 · Makeup Designer
moviePlaytime
2019 · Director
movieMaking Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019 · Self
movieIt
2017 · Makeup Effects Designer
movieBad President - All My Sh*t
2017 · William 'Billy' Coltran
movieBad President - Oil Spill
2017 · William 'Billy' Coltran
tvCooking with Bill
2017 · Bill
movieRakka
2017 · Militia #1
movieCreature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015 · Self
movieHarbinger Down
2015 · Director, Writer
movieSan Andreas
2015 · Makeup Effects
moviePaul Blart: Mall Cop 2
2015 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieThe Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'
2015
movieLeviathan: Monster Melting Pot
2014 · Himself
tvSkin Wars
2014 · Self - Guest Judge
moviePercy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
2013 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieMen in Suits
2012 · Self
movieAstronaut: The Last Push
2012 · Charlie
movieChildren of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
2011 · Self
movieTales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
2010 · Self
movieChiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments
2010 · Self
movieSkyline
2010 · Creature Design
movieWolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
2009 · Self
movieMonster Squad Forever!
2007 · Self
movieThe Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
2005 · Self
movieRay Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005 · Self
movieAVP: Alien vs. Predator
2004 · Technician (uncredited)
movieShooting 'Panic Room'
2004 · Self
movieSuperior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
2003 · Self
movieWreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003 · Self
movieThe Santa Clause 2
2002 · Makeup Effects Designer
movieBehind the Scenes of 'John Q'
2002 · Self
movieDeath from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
2002 · Self
movieStarship Troopers: Know Your Foe
2002 · Self
movieSpider-Man
2002 · Makeup Designer
moviePanic Room
2002 · Makeup Effects, Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieThe 6th Day
2000 · Makeup Effects
movieHollow Man
2000 · Makeup Designer
movieMaking Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
2000 · Self
movieLions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji'
2000 · Self
movieThe X-Files
1998 · Makeup Effects
movieThe Making of ‘Tremors’
1998 · Self
movieAlien Resurrection
1997 · Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited)
movieStarship Troopers
1997 · Creature Effects Technical Director
movieJumanji
1995 · Makeup Designer
movieThe Santa Clause
1994 · Animatronics Designer, Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
movieStay Tuned
1992 · Makeup Effects Designer
movieTremors
1990 · Creature Design
movieLeviathan
1989 · Creature Design
movieThe Monster Squad
1987 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieAliens
1986 · Alien (uncredited)
movieFriday the 13th: The Final Chapter
1984 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieGalaxy of Terror
1981 · Prosthetics
movieFleshing Out the Hollow Man
— · Self