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Alec Gillis

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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.

Alec Gillis

Biography

Films Featuring Alec Gillis

Witches Midnight

Bad President - All My Sh*t

Bad President - Oil Spill

Astronaut: The Last Push

Men in Suits

The Making of ‘Tremors’

Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot

The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz

Prey

Aliens

Alien Resurrection

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film

Rakka

Oats Studios: Volume 1

Shooting 'Panic Room'

Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

Tremors: Making Perfection

Monster Squad Forever!

Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'

Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments

Bad President - Kenya

Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination

Cringe

Eulogy to Us

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'

Fleshing Out the Hollow Man

Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji'

Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'

Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe

Elektra