Alec Gillis
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
Aliens
as Alien (uncredited) 1986
Prey
as Predator Puppeteer (ADI) 2022
Alien Resurrection
as Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited) 1997
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
as Technician (uncredited) 2004
Rakka
as Militia #1 2017
Astronaut: The Last Push
as Charlie 2012
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
as Self 2015
Oats Studios: Volume 1
as Militia #1 / Bill 2021
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
as Self 2003
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
as Self 2003
Bad President - Oil Spill
as William 'Billy' Coltran 2017
Bad President - All My Sh*t
as William 'Billy' Coltran 2017
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
as Self 2019
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
as Self 2019
Monster Squad Forever!
as Self 2007
Shooting 'Panic Room'
as Self 2004
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
as Self 2009