Cast
Alec Gillis
Acting
Cast
Alec Gillis
Known for
Acting
Born
1959-08-29
From
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Alec 'Prop' Gillis, Alec Dougal Gillis
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.
Aliens
as Alien (uncredited)
Prey
as Predator Puppeteer (ADI)
Alien Resurrection
as Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited)
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
as Technician (uncredited)
Rakka
as Militia #1
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
as Self
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
as Self
Astronaut: The Last Push
as Charlie
Oats Studios: Volume 1
as Militia #1 / Bill
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
as Self
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
as Self
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
as Self
Shooting 'Panic Room'
as Self
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
as Self
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
as Self
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
as Self
Tremors: Making Perfection
as Himself
Men in Suits
as Self
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
as Self
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
as Self
Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments
as Self
The Making of ‘Tremors’
as Self
Bad President - All My Sh*t
as William 'Billy' Coltran
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
as Self
Cringe
as Fitz
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
as Self
Bad President - Oil Spill
as William 'Billy' Coltran
Monster Squad Forever!
as Self
Bad President - Kenya
as William "Billy" Coltran
The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'
Witches Midnight
as Oswald Octav
Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot
as Himself
