Amalgamated Dynamics
Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc. is an American visual effects company specializing 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, who hails from Phoenix, Arizona. 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 Academy Award, and the practical creature effects seen in the [Alien (franchise)|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 was directed by Gillis and produced by Woodruff Jr. The film was released in August 2015 and features exclusively practical creature effects. The impetus for the project began when ADI were frustrated that their practical effects for The Thing, which tried to follow closely the ones featured in the original 1982 film, had been mostly digitally replaced with computer-generated imagery by order of the studio. During 2022 it was revealed through social media that Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr. would part ways with Alec establishing Studio Gillis and the two pursuing separate endeavours. Gillis would also establish sister company Pro Machina, Inc. which specialises in the creation of miniature effects.
Filmography
As Amalgamated Dynamics
1980s
- ''Teen Witch''
1990s
Tremors The Grifters Point Break Alien 3 Death Becomes Her Demolition Man Wolf – animatronic designers: mechanical wolf The Santa Clause Mortal Kombat Jumanji Tremors 2: Aftershocks Mars Attacks! Michael Alien Resurrection Starship Troopers The X-Files My Favorite Martian The Astronaut's Wife- ''Bats''
2000s
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Hollow Man Bedazzled The 6th Day Cast Away Evolution Bubble Boy Tremors 3: Back to Perfection John Q Panic Room Spider-Man The Santa Clause 2 Scary Movie 3 Looney Tunes: Back in Action Spider-Man 2 Alien vs. Predator Elektra Stealth Failure to Launch All the [King's Men (2006 film)|All the King's Men] The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause Wild Hogs Spider-Man 3 Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem The Incredible Hulk Lonely Street Race to Witch Mountain Dragonball: Evolution X-Men Origins: Wolverine G-Force Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant- ''Old Dogs''
2010s
Skyline Beastly X-Men: First Class Zookeeper The Thing Beautiful Wave Odd Thomas Grown Ups 2 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters Ender's Game Godzilla Kids vs Monsters Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Harbinger Down Fire City: End of Days Rakka It Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Sorry to Bother You The Predator- ''Godzilla: [King of the Monsters (2019 film)|Godzilla: King of the Monsters]''