Alec Gillis
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Film
Aliens
Alien (uncredited)
1986
Film
Prey
Predator Puppeteer (ADI)
2022
Film
Alien Resurrection
Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited)
1997
Film
Elektra
Puppeteer
2005
Film
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Technician (uncredited)
2004
Series
The Movies That Made Us
Self
2019
Series
OATS Studios
民兵
2021
Series
OATS Studios
William 'Billy'
2021
Series
Skin Wars
Self - Guest Judge
2014
Film
Rakka
Militia #1
2017
Film
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
Self
2011
Film
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Self
2015
Film
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Self
2003
Film
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Self
2005
Film
Astronaut: The Last Push
Charlie
2012
Film
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
Self
2009
Film
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Self
2003
Film
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Self
2019
Film
Oats Studios: Volume 1
Militia #1 / Bill
2021
Series
Cooking with Bill
Bill
2017
Film
Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
Self
Film
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
Self
2000
Film
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Self
2004
Film
Men in Suits
Self
2012
Film
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Self
2019
Film
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Self
2005
Film
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
Self
2002
Film
Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji'
Self
2000
Film
Behind the Scenes of 'John Q'
Self
2002
Film
Bad President - Kenya
William "Billy" Coltran
2020
Film
Monster Squad Forever!
Self
2007
Film
Tremors: Making Perfection
Himself
2020
Film
Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe
Self
2002
Film
Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments
Self
2010
Film
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
Self
2010
Film
The Making of ‘Tremors’
Self
1998
Film
Eulogy to Us
2023
Film
Bad President - Oil Spill
William 'Billy' Coltran
2017
Film
The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars'
2015
Film
Cringe
Fitz
2025
Film
Witches Midnight
Oswald Octav
2021
Film
Bad President - All My Sh*t
William 'Billy' Coltran
2017
Film
Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot
Himself
2014