H. R. Giger
Acting·February 5, 1940·† May 12, 2014 — 74 years old·Chur, Switzerland
Hans Ruedi (February 5, 1940 – May 12, 2014) was a Swiss painter, whose style was adapted for many forms of media, including record albums, furniture and tattoos. The Zurich-based artist was best known for airbrush images of humans and machines linked together in a cold biomechanical relationship. Later he abandoned airbrush work for pastels, markers, and ink.
Known For
Filmography · 40
—Walking with GigerHimself—Giger's Second Celebration of the FourProducer · Director2019Alien: SpecimenCreature Design2019Alien: ContainmentCreature Design2016TracerouteSelf (archive footage)2014Dark Star: H. R. Giger's WorldSelf2013Jodorowsky's DuneSelf - Artist2012PrometheusArt Direction2011Hamburg JournalTVself2010H.R. Giger RevealedSelf2009Alien Makers IIISelf2009MonsterlandSelf2007Moebius Redux: A Life in PicturesSelf2007H.R. Giger's SanctuarySelf2005Berg und GeistSelf2003The Beast Within: Making AlienSelf2003Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'Self2002The Alien SagaSelf2000Mylène Farmer: Mylenium TourArt Designer1999The Alien LegacySelf1996The Killer CondomCreative Consultant1995SpeciesConceptual Design1992Eye of the Storm: Ridley Scott1992Giger - Passage to the IdSelf1992Alien³Creature Design1989Tokyo: The Last WarConceptual Design1987Das phantastische Universum des H.R. GigerSelf1986AliensCreature Design1986Poltergeist II: The Other SideConceptual Design1985The Occult ExperienceSelf1982A New Face of Debbie Harry by H.R. GigerHimself1979Giger's AlienSelf · Director1979AlienCreature Design1975Giger's NecronomiconSelf - Narrator · Director1974Spécial cinémaTVSelf1973TagtraumSelf · Director1972PassagenSelf1969Swissmade(segment "2069") · Art Designer1967High and HeimkillerSelf · Art Designer · Director1967Home-KillerMan in Black · Producer