Directed credits
2
Emerging
Beginning to build directing work.
Director
Alec Gillis
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.2
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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 26
TMDB ID: 958540
IMDb ID: nm0319266
Known for: Acting
Born: August 29, 1959
Age: 66
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1981 - 2025
Years active: 45
Average TMDB rating: 6.49
Wikidata: Q22111196
Also known as
Alec 'Prop' Gillis • Alec Dougal Gillis
Frequent jobs
Director (2)Special Effects Makeup Artist (5)Creature Design (4)Makeup Designer (4)Makeup Effects (4)Makeup Effects Designer (3)Animatronics Designer (1)Executive Producer (1)Prosthetics (1)
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.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Alec Gillis.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Alec Gillis.
8.0
Aliens
as Alien (uncredited)
1986 Movie
7.7
Predator: Badlands
Creature Design
2025 Movie
7.7
Prey
as Predator Puppeteer (ADI)
2022 Movie
7.3
Spider-Man
Makeup Designer
2002 Movie
7.2
Jumanji
Makeup Designer
1995 Movie
7.2
It
Makeup Effects Designer
2017 Movie
7.0
Rakka
as Militia #1
2017 Movie
6.9
Tremors
Creature Design
1990 Movie
6.9
The X-Files
Makeup Effects
1998 Movie
6.8
It Chapter Two
Makeup Designer
2019 Movie
6.8
Panic Room
Makeup Effects
2002 Movie
6.7
The Monster Squad
Special Effects Makeup Artist
1987 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Alec Gillis.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Alec Gillis.
7.7
Predator: Badlands
Creature Design
2025 Movie
7.3
Spider-Man
Makeup Designer
2002 Movie
7.2
It
Makeup Effects Designer
2017 Movie
8.0
Aliens
as Alien (uncredited)
1986 Movie
7.7
Prey
as Predator Puppeteer (ADI)
2022 Movie
6.8
It Chapter Two
Makeup Designer
2019 Movie
6.7
Smile
Special Effects Makeup Artist
2022 Movie
6.2
San Andreas
Makeup Effects
2015 Movie
5.9
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
as Technician (uncredited)
2004 Movie
6.2
Alien Resurrection
as Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited)
1997 Movie
6.9
Tremors
Creature Design
1990 Movie
6.9
The X-Files
Makeup Effects
1998 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Alec Gillis.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Alec Gillis.
7.7
Predator: Badlands
Creature Design
2025 Movie
5.7
Wellwood
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
6.7
Smile
Special Effects Makeup Artist
2022 Movie
4.0
Adam 2.0
Thanks
2020 Movie
6.8
It Chapter Two
Makeup Designer
2019 Movie
7.2
It
Makeup Effects Designer
2017 Movie
6.2
San Andreas
Makeup Effects
2015 Movie
5.2
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
Special Effects Makeup Artist
2015 Movie
6.0
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Special Effects Makeup Artist
2013 Movie
5.0
Skyline
Creature Design
2010 Movie
6.0
The Santa Clause 2
Makeup Effects Designer
2002 Movie
7.3
Spider-Man
Makeup Designer
2002 Movie
6.8
Panic Room
Makeup Effects
2002 Movie
6.0
The 6th Day
Makeup Effects
2000 Movie
6.0
Hollow Man
Makeup Designer
2000 Movie
6.9
The X-Files
Makeup Effects
1998 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Alec Gillis.
Cringe
as Fitz
2025 Movie
Eulogy to Us
2023 Movie
7.7
Prey
as Predator Puppeteer (ADI)
2022 Movie
6.2
Oats Studios: Volume 1
as Militia #1 / Bill
2021 Movie
2.0
Witches Midnight
as Oswald Octav
2021 Movie
5.1
Bad President - Kenya
as William "Billy" Coltran
2020 Movie
7.0
Tremors: Making Perfection
as Himself
2020 Movie
7.5
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
as Self
2019 Movie
6.8
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
as Self
2019 Movie
4.8
Bad President - Oil Spill
as William 'Billy' Coltran
2017 Movie
4.5
Bad President - All My Sh*t
as William 'Billy' Coltran
2017 Movie
7.0
Rakka
as Militia #1
2017 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Alec Gillis.