Alec Gillis
Acting
Born 1959-08-29
New York City, New York, USA
71 credits
Awards
Nominated for 2 Academy Awards
Academy Awards 2 nominated
- 1998 Best Visual Effects Nominated Starship Troopers
- 1993 Best Visual Effects Nominated Alien 3
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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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Filmography
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Acting
56 credits
Spider-Man
Predator: Badlands
Alien: Romulus
San Andreas
Smile 2
Aliens
Alien Resurrection
It Chapter Two
Prey
It
Smile
Hollow Man
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Starship Troopers
The Santa Clause
Elektra
The Movies That Made Us
The X-Files
Panic Room
Tremors
The 6th Day
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
The Santa Clause 2
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Skyline
Leviathan
The Monster Squad
Skin Wars
Jumanji
OATS Studios
Galaxy of Terror
Stay Tuned
Rakka
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Astronaut: The Last Push
Oats Studios: Volume 1
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Cooking with Bill
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
Men in Suits
Monster Squad Forever!
Tremors: Making Perfection
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
Directing
2 credits
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1 credit
Producing
1 credit
Writing
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