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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Cringe
Character:Fitz
Release Date:15/10/2025
Eulogy to Us
Character:
Release Date:19/05/2023
Prey
Character:Predator Puppeteer (ADI)
Release Date:02/08/2022
Oats Studios: Volume 1
Character:Militia #1 / Bill
Release Date:30/10/2021
Witches Midnight
Character:Oswald Octav
Release Date:08/04/2021
Bad President - Kenya
Character:William "Billy" Coltran
Release Date:06/11/2020
Tremors: Making Perfection
Character:Himself
Release Date:09/10/2020
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Character:Self
Release Date:14/09/2019
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Character:Self
Release Date:30/01/2019
Bad President - All My Sh*t
Character:William 'Billy' Coltran
Release Date:20/06/2017
Bad President - Oil Spill
Character:William 'Billy' Coltran
Release Date:20/06/2017
Rakka
Character:Militia #1
Release Date:14/06/2017
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Character:Self
Release Date:18/11/2015
The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'
Character:
Release Date:07/04/2015
Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot
Character:Himself
Release Date:19/08/2014
Men in Suits
Character:Self
Release Date:28/11/2012
Astronaut: The Last Push
Character:Charlie
Release Date:01/06/2012
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
Character:Self
Release Date:09/09/2011
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
Character:Self
Release Date:26/12/2010
Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments
Character:Self
Release Date:17/12/2010
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
Character:Self
Release Date:15/09/2009
Monster Squad Forever!
Character:Self
Release Date:01/07/2007
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Character:Self
Release Date:25/10/2005
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Character:Self
Release Date:17/01/2005
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Character:Technician (uncredited)
Release Date:12/08/2004
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Character:Self
Release Date:30/03/2004
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Character:Self
Release Date:02/12/2003
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Character:Self
Release Date:02/12/2003
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
Character:Self
Release Date:25/01/2000
The Making of ‘Tremors’
Character:Self
Release Date:28/04/1998
Alien Resurrection
Character:Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited)
Release Date:12/11/1997
Aliens
Character:Alien (uncredited)
Release Date:18/07/1986
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