Alec Gillis
Actor, Director, Writer
Amalgamated Dynamics (ADI) is an American special effects company specialized in animatronics and prosthetic make-up, headquartered in Chatsworth, California. It was founded in 1988 by Stan Winston alumni Tom Woodruff, Jr. and Alec Gillis. Notable work includes Death Becomes Her, for which they won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, Starship Troopers, which was also nominated for an Oscar, and the practical creature effects seen in the Alien franchise from Alien 3 onward. Woodruff also portrays creatures in the films ADI works on, such as the Alien.In 2013, Amalgamated Dynamics successfully ran a Kickstarter campaign to fund their independent horror film titled Harbinger Down, which is to be directed by Alec Gillis and produced by Tom Woodruff Jr. The film was released in August 2015 features exclusively practical creature effects.
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