Alec Gillis
Acting
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
Acting42
movieCringe
2025
Fitz
moviePrey
2022
Predator Puppeteer (ADI)
movieOats Studios: Volume 1
2021
Militia #1 / Bill
tvOATS Studios
2021
民兵 / William 'Billy'
movieWitches Midnight
2021
Oswald Octav
movieBad President - Kenya
2020
William "Billy" Coltran
movieBad President - Oil Spill
2017
William 'Billy' Coltran
movieBad President - All My Sh*t
2017
William 'Billy' Coltran
movieRakka
2017
Militia #1
tvSkin Wars
2014
Self - Guest Judge
movieElektra
2005
Puppeteer
movieAVP: Alien vs. Predator
2004
Technician (uncredited)
movieAlien Resurrection
1997
Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited)
movieAliens
1986
Alien (uncredited)
Costume & Make-Up17
movieSmile 2
2024
Makeup Effects Designer
movieSmile
2022
Special Effects Makeup Artist
moviePrey
2022
Makeup Effects Designer
movieIt Chapter Two
2019
Makeup Designer
movieIt
2017
Makeup Effects Designer
moviePaul Blart: Mall Cop 2
2015
Special Effects Makeup Artist
moviePercy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
2013
Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieThe Santa Clause 2
2002
Makeup Effects Designer
movieSpider-Man
2002
Makeup Designer
moviePanic Room
2002
Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieHollow Man
2000
Makeup Designer
movieJumanji
1995
Makeup Designer
movieThe Santa Clause
1994
Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
movieStay Tuned
1992
Makeup Effects Designer
movieThe Monster Squad
1987
Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieFriday the 13th: The Final Chapter
1984
Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieGalaxy of Terror
1981
Prosthetics
Crew6
movieAdam 2.0
2020
Thanks
movieSan Andreas
2015
Makeup Effects
moviePanic Room
2002
Makeup Effects
movieThe 6th Day
2000
Makeup Effects
movieThe X-Files
1998
Makeup Effects
movieThe Santa Clause
1994
Animatronics Designer
Visual Effects6
moviePredator: Badlands
2025
Creature Design, Special Effects Supervisor
movieAlien: Romulus
2024
Special Effects Supervisor
movieSkyline
2010
Creature Design
movieStarship Troopers
1997
Creature Effects Technical Director
movieTremors
1990
Creature Design
movieLeviathan
1989
Creature Design
Directing2
moviePlaytime
2019
Director
movieHarbinger Down
2015
Director
Production1
movieWellwood
2025
Executive Producer
Writing1
movieHarbinger Down
2015
Writer