
Alec Gillis
Known for acting · Born 29 August 1959 · 67 · New York City, New York, USA
78 credits
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.
Known for

Starship Troopers
1997

Harbinger Down
2015

OATS Studios
2021

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015

Astronaut: The Last Push
2012

Bad President - All My Sh*t
2017

Bad President - Oil Spill
2017

Rakka
2017

Spider-Man
2002

Oats Studios: Volume 1
2021

It
2017

Jumanji
1995