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Alec Gillis

b. 1959 · 33 titles in the catalogue

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.

Their work

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  1. Spider-Man2002Makeup Designer
  2. It2017Makeup Effects Designer
  3. Jumanji1995Makeup Designer
  4. Aliens1986as Alien (uncredited)
  5. It Chapter Two2019Makeup Designer
  6. San Andreas2015Makeup Effects
  7. Prey2022as Predator Puppeteer (ADI) · Makeup Effects Designer
  8. Alien Resurrection1997as Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited)
  9. Starship Troopers1997Creature Effects Technical Director
  10. Panic Room2002Makeup Effects · Special Effects Makeup Artist
  11. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters2013Special Effects Makeup Artist
  12. AVP: Alien vs. Predator2004as Technician (uncredited)
  13. Alien: Romulus2024Special Effects Supervisor
  14. Smile2022Special Effects Makeup Artist
  15. Tremors1990Creature Design
  16. Predator: Badlands2025Creature Design · Special Effects Supervisor
  17. Hollow Man2000Makeup Designer
  18. Elektra2005as Puppeteer
  19. The Santa Clause1994Animatronics Designer · Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
  20. The 6th Day2000Makeup Effects
  21. Smile 22024Makeup Effects Designer
  22. The X-Files1998Makeup Effects
  23. Skyline2010Creature Design
  24. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 22015Special Effects Makeup Artist
  25. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter1984Special Effects Makeup Artist
  26. The Santa Clause 22002Makeup Effects Designer
  27. The Monster Squad1987Special Effects Makeup Artist
  28. Leviathan1989Creature Design
  29. Rakka2017as Militia #1
  30. Galaxy of Terror1981Prosthetics
  31. Harbinger Down2015Director · Writer
  32. Stay Tuned1992Makeup Effects Designer
  33. The Movies That Made Us2019as Self