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.
Titles
Aliens
1986
Prey
2022
Alien Resurrection
1997
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
2004
Elektra
2005
The Movies That Made Us
2019
OATS Studios
2021
Skin Wars
2014
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
2000
Oats Studios: Volume 1
2021
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
2011
Rakka
2017
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
2002
Astronaut: The Last Push
2012
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005
Cooking with Bill
2017
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
2003
Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
2009
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
2002
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003
Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments
2010
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
2005
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2019
Monster Squad Forever!
2007
Shooting 'Panic Room'
2004
Men in Suits
2012
Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe
2002
Tremors: Making Perfection
2020
Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji'
2000
Eulogy to Us
2023
Bad President - Kenya
2020
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
2010
Cringe
2025