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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...
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Spider-ManMovie • 2002
Predator: BadlandsMovie • 2025
Alien: RomulusMovie • 2024
AliensMovie • 1986
San AndreasMovie • 2015
ItMovie • 2017
It Chapter TwoMovie • 2019
Smile 2Movie • 2024
SmileMovie • 2022
PreyMovie • 2022
Alien ResurrectionMovie • 1997
TremorsMovie • 1990
Starship TroopersMovie • 1997
The 6th DayMovie • 2000
Friday the 13th: The Final ChapterMovie • 1984
The X-FilesMovie • 1998
Hollow ManMovie • 2000
AVP: Alien vs. PredatorMovie • 2004
ElektraMovie • 2005
Panic RoomMovie • 2002
The Santa ClauseMovie • 1994
The Santa Clause 2Movie • 2002
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2Movie • 2015
Percy Jackson: Sea of MonstersMovie • 2013