Alec Gillis
Acting

Alec Gillis

August 29, 1959 (66 years old) New York City, New York, USA

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

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.

Known For

OATS Studios

OATS Studios

2021 • TV

OATS Studios

OATS Studios

2021 • TV

Prey

Prey

2022 • Movie

Aliens

Aliens

1986 • Movie

Bad President - Oil Spill

Bad President - Oil Spill

2017 • Movie

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

2004 • Movie

Movie Credits (36)

Acting

2022

Prey

as Predator Puppeteer (ADI)

1986

Aliens

as Alien (uncredited)

2017

Bad President - Oil Spill

as William 'Billy' Coltran

2004

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

as Technician (uncredited)

2007

Monster Squad Forever!

as Self

1997

Alien Resurrection

as Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited)

2020

Bad President - Kenya

as William "Billy" Coltran

1998

The Making of ‘Tremors’

as Self

2005

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

as Self

2019

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

as Self

2020

Tremors: Making Perfection

as Himself

2004

Shooting 'Panic Room'

as Self

2017

Rakka

as Militia #1

2021

Oats Studios: Volume 1

as Militia #1 / Bill

2011

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

as Self

2012

Astronaut: The Last Push

as Charlie

2000

Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination

as Self

2015

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

as Self

2003

Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'

as Self

2021

Witches Midnight

as Oswald Octav

Crew

2015

Harbinger Down

Writer

2015

Harbinger Down

Director

2025

Wellwood

Executive Producer

2019

Playtime

Director

TV Credits (5)

Acting

2021

OATS Studios

as 民兵

10 episodes

2021

OATS Studios

as William 'Billy'

1 episodes

2019

The Movies That Made Us

as Self

1 episodes

2014

Skin Wars

as Self - Guest Judge

1 episodes

2017

Cooking with Bill

as Bill

4 episodes

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
August 29, 1959 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Popularity
0.4

Career Stats

36
Movies
5
TV Shows