H. R. Giger

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1940-02-05

Deathday 2014-05-12 (74 years old)

Place of Birth Chur, Switzerland

Also Known As Hans Rudolf Giger, Hans Rudi Giger, HR Giger, H.R. Giger, Hans Ruedi Giger

H. R. Giger

Biography

Hans Ruedi 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

Actor

Home-Killer

as Man in Black

2019
Memory: The Origins of Alien

as Self (archival footage)

2016
Traceroute

as Self (archive footage)

2013
2011
2009
2009
Monsterland

as Self

2005
2002
1999
1979
1975
Giger's Necronomicon

as Self - Narrator

1974
1973
Tagtraum

as Self

1972
Passagen

as Self

1969
Swissmade

as (segment "2069")

Art

2017
Alien: Covenant

as Art Direction

2012
Prometheus

as Art Direction

1995
Species

as Conceptual Design

1989
Tokyo: The Last War

as Conceptual Design

1986
Poltergeist II: The Other Side

as Conceptual Design

1969
Swissmade

as Art Designer

1967
High and Heimkiller

as Art Designer

Visual Effects

2007
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem

as Creature Design

2004
AVP: Alien vs. Predator

as Creature Design

1997
Alien Resurrection

as Creature Design

1992
Alien³

as Creature Design

1986
Aliens

as Creature Design

1979
Alien

as Creature Design

Director

1979
Giger's Alien

as Director

1975
1973
Tagtraum

as Director

1967

Producer

Home-Killer

as Producer

Crew

1996
The Killer Condom

as Creative Consultant