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Alec Gillis

Acting Born Aug 29, 1959 New York City, New York, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

Prey

as Predator Puppeteer (ADI)
Film

Aliens

as Alien (uncredited)
Film

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

as Technician (uncredited)
Film

Alien Resurrection

as Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited)
Film

Rakka

as Militia #1

Full filmography

  • Prey (2022) as Predator Puppeteer (ADI)
  • Aliens (1986) as Alien (uncredited)
  • AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004) as Technician (uncredited)
  • Alien Resurrection (1997) as Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited)
  • The Movies That Made Us (2019) as Self
  • OATS Studios (2021) as 民兵
  • OATS Studios (2021) as William 'Billy'
  • Skin Wars (2014) as Self - Guest Judge
  • Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection (2005) as Self
  • Rakka (2017) as Militia #1
  • Men in Suits (2012) as Self
  • Oats Studios: Volume 1 (2021) as Militia #1 / Bill
  • Fleshing Out the Hollow Man as Self
  • Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class (2011) as Self
  • Cooking with Bill (2017) as Bill
  • Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex (2015) as Self
  • Astronaut: The Last Push (2012) as Charlie
  • Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' (2003) as Self
  • Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe (2002) as Self
  • Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' (2003) as Self
  • Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film (2019) as Self
  • The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz (2005) as Self
  • Shooting 'Panic Room' (2004) as Self
  • Behind the Scenes of 'John Q' (2002) as Self