Amalgamated Dynamics

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.^[1]

Filmography

1980s

• Teen Witch (1989)

1990s

• Tremors (1990)
• The Grifters (1990)
• Point Break (1991)
• Alien 3 (1992)
• Death Becomes Her (1992)
• Demolition Man (1993)
• Wolf (1994)
• The Santa Clause (1994)
• Mortal Kombat (1995)
• Jumanji (1995)
• Tremors II: Aftershocks (1996)
• Mars Attacks! (1996)
• Michael (1996)
• Alien: Resurrection (1997)
• Starship Troopers (1997)
• The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998)
• My Favorite Martian (1999)
• The Astronaut's Wife (1999)
• Bats (1999)

2000s

• Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
• Hollow Man (2000)
• Bedazzled (2000)
• The 6th Day (2000)
• Cast Away (2000)
• Evolution (2001)
• Bubble Boy (2001)
• Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001)
• John Q (2002)
• Panic Room (2002)
• Spider-Man (2002)
• The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
• Scary Movie 3 (2003)
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
• Spider-Man 2 (2004)
• Alien vs. Predator (2004)
• Elektra (2005)
• Stealth (2005)
• Failure to Launch (2006)
• All the King's Men (2006)
• The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
• Wild Hogs (2007)
• Spider-Man 3 (2007)
• Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
• The Incredible Hulk (2008)
• Lonely Street (2009)
• Race to Witch Mountain (2009)
• Dragonball: Evolution (2009)
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
• G-Force (2009)
• Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)
• Old Dogs (2009)

2010s

• Skyline (2010)
• Beastly (2011)
• X-Men: First Class (2011)
• Zookeeper (2011)
• The Thing (2011)
• Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
• Ender's Game (2013)
• Godzilla (2014)
• Kids vs Monsters (2015)
• Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)
• Harbinger Down (2015)
• Fire City: End of Days (2015)
• The Predator (2018)

References

1. "Harbinger Down : A Practical Creature FX Film". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2013-11-04.

External links

• Official Amalgamated Dynamics website
• Amalgamated Dynamics' chronological list of credits at the Internet Movie Database