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.
Witches Midnight
(Oswald Octav)
Bad President - Oil Spill
(William 'Billy' Coltran)
Bad President - All My Sh*t
(William 'Billy' Coltran)
Astronaut: The Last Push
(Charlie)
Men in Suits
(Self)
The Making of ‘Tremors’
(Self)
Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot
(Himself)
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
(Self)
Prey
(Predator Puppeteer (ADI))
Aliens
(Alien (uncredited))
Alien Resurrection
(Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited))
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
(Self)
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
(Self)
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
(Self)
Rakka
(Militia #1)
Oats Studios: Volume 1
(Militia #1 / Bill)
Shooting 'Panic Room'
(Self)
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
(Self)
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
(Technician (uncredited))
Tremors: Making Perfection
(Himself)
Monster Squad Forever!
(Self)
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
(Self)
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
(Self)
The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
(Self)
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
(Self)
Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments
(Self)
Bad President - Kenya
(William "Billy" Coltran)
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
(Self)
Cringe
(Fitz)
Eulogy to Us
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
(Self)
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
(Self)
Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
(Self)
Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji'
(Self)
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
(Self)
The Movies That Made Us
(Self)
Cooking with Bill
(Bill)
OATS Studios
(民兵)
OATS Studios
(William 'Billy')
Skin Wars
(Self - Guest Judge)
The Monster Squad
(Special Effects Makeup Artist)
Galaxy of Terror
(Prosthetics)
Adam 2.0
(Thanks)
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
(Special Effects Makeup Artist)
Harbinger Down
(Director)
Harbinger Down
(Writer)
The Santa Clause
(Animatronics Designer)
The Santa Clause
(Special Effects Key Makeup Artist)
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
(Special Effects Makeup Artist)
Spider-Man
(Makeup Designer)
Panic Room
(Makeup Effects)
Hollow Man
(Makeup Designer)
The X-Files
(Makeup Effects)
The 6th Day
(Makeup Effects)
Jumanji
(Makeup Designer)
Wellwood
(Executive Producer)
San Andreas
(Makeup Effects)
Skyline
(Creature Design)
Panic Room
(Special Effects Makeup Artist)
Playtime
(Director)
It Chapter Two
(Makeup Designer)
The Santa Clause 2
(Makeup Effects Designer)
It
(Makeup Effects Designer)
Tremors
(Creature Design)
Smile
(Special Effects Makeup Artist)
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
(Special Effects Makeup Artist)
Leviathan
(Creature Design)
Stay Tuned
(Makeup Effects Designer)
Predator: Badlands
(Creature Design)
Predator: Badlands
(Special Effects Supervisor)
Smile 2
(Makeup Effects Designer)
Alien: Romulus
(Special Effects Supervisor)
Prey
(Makeup Effects Designer)
Starship Troopers
(Creature Effects Technical Director)