Alec Gillis
Alec Gillis
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.
Filmografia ( 62 obras)
Atuação em filmes
| Ano | Nota | Título | Personagem |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Predador: Terras Selvagens | Creature Design | |
| 2025 | Predador: Terras Selvagens | Special Effects Supervisor | |
| 2025 | Cringe | Fitz | |
| 2023 | Eulogy to Us | - | |
| 2022 | Sorria | Special Effects Makeup Artist | |
| 2022 | O Predador: A Caçada | Predator Puppeteer (ADI) | |
| 2021 | Oats Studios: Volume 1 | Militia #1 / Bill | |
| 2021 | Witches Midnight | Oswald Octav | |
| 2020 | Bad President - Kenya | William "Billy" Coltran | |
| 2020 | Tremors: Making Perfection | Himself | |
| 2020 | Adam 2.0 | Thanks | |
| 2019 | Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters | Self | |
| 2019 | IT: Capítulo Dois | Makeup Designer | |
| 2019 | Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film | Self | |
| 2017 | It: A Coisa | Makeup Effects Designer | |
| 2017 | Bad President - Oil Spill | William 'Billy' Coltran | |
| 2017 | Bad President - All My Sh*t | William 'Billy' Coltran | |
| 2017 | Rakka | Militia #1 | |
| 2015 | Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex | Self | |
| 2015 | Terremoto: A Falha de San Andreas | Makeup Effects | |
| 2015 | Segurança de Shopping 2 | Special Effects Makeup Artist | |
| 2015 | The Martians Are Coming!: The Making of 'Invaders from Mars' | - | |
| 2014 | Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot | Himself | |
| 2013 | Percy Jackson e o Mar de Monstros | Special Effects Makeup Artist | |
| 2012 | Men in Suits | Self | |
| 2012 | Astronaut: The Last Push | Charlie | |
| 2011 | Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class | Self | |
| 2010 | Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror | Self | |
| 2010 | Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments | Self | |
| 2010 | Skyline: A Invasão | Creature Design | |
| 2009 | Wolverine Liberado: As Origens Completas | Self | |
| 2007 | Monster Squad Forever! | Self | |
| 2005 | The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz | Self | |
| 2005 | Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection | Self | |
| 2004 | Alien vs. Predador | Technician (uncredited) | |
| 2004 | Shooting 'Panic Room' | Self | |
| 2003 | Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' | Self | |
| 2003 | Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' | Self | |
| 2002 | Meu Papai é Noel 2 | Makeup Effects Designer | |
| 2002 | Homem-Aranha | Makeup Designer | |
| 2002 | O Quarto do Pânico | Makeup Effects | |
| 2002 | O Quarto do Pânico | Special Effects Makeup Artist | |
| 2000 | O 6º Dia | Makeup Effects | |
| 2000 | O Homem Sem Sombra | Makeup Designer | |
| 2000 | Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination | Self | |
| 1998 | Arquivo X: O Filme | Makeup Effects | |
| 1998 | The Making of ‘Tremors’ | Self | |
| 1997 | Alien: A Ressurreição | Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited) | |
| 1995 | Jumanji | Makeup Designer | |
| 1994 | Meu Papai é Noel | Animatronics Designer | |
| 1994 | Meu Papai é Noel | Special Effects Key Makeup Artist | |
| 1992 | Fique Ligado em Paranoias Parabólicas | Makeup Effects Designer | |
| 1990 | O Ataque dos Vermes Malditos | Creature Design | |
| 1989 | Leviathan | Creature Design | |
| 1987 | Deu a Louca nos Monstros | Special Effects Makeup Artist | |
| 1986 | Aliens: O Resgate | Alien (uncredited) | |
| 1984 | Sexta-Feira 13 - Parte IV: O Capítulo Final | Special Effects Makeup Artist | |
| 1981 | Galáxia do Terror | Prosthetics |
Produção Executiva em filmes
| Ano | Nota | Título |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wellwood |
Direção em filmes
| Ano | Nota | Título |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Playtime | |
| 2015 | Harbinger Down - Terror no Gelo |
Roteiro em filmes
| Ano | Nota | Título |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Harbinger Down - Terror no Gelo |
Fotos
