Alec Gillis

Alec Gillis

Birthday: 1959-08-29

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Also known as: Alec 'Prop' Gillis, Alec Dougal Gillis

imdb_id: nm0319266

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

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

Score: 8.3

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

Score: 8.0

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

Score: 8.0

Aliens

Score: 8.0

The Making of ‘Tremors’

Score: 8.0

Men in Suits

Score: 8.0

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

Score: 7.8

Prey

Score: 7.7

Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'

Score: 7.6

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

Score: 7.5

Monster Squad Forever!

Score: 7.4

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

Score: 7.2

Rakka

Score: 7.0

Tremors: Making Perfection

Score: 7.0

The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz

Score: 7.0

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film

Score: 6.8

Shooting 'Panic Room'

Score: 6.8

Oats Studios: Volume 1

Score: 6.2

Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins

Score: 6.2

Alien Resurrection

Score: 6.2

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

Score: 5.9

Astronaut: The Last Push

Score: 5.2

Bad President - Kenya

Score: 5.1

Bad President - Oil Spill

Score: 4.8

Bad President - All My Sh*t

Score: 4.5

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

Score: 2.7

Witches Midnight

Score: 2.0

Eulogy to Us

Score: 0.0

Cringe

Score: 0.0

Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination

Score: 0.0

Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments

Score: 0.0

Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Movies That Made Us

Score: 7.2

OATS Studios

Score: 6.6

OATS Studios

Score: 6.6

Skin Wars

Score: 6.5

Cooking with Bill

Score: 5.6