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")

Visual Effects

2007
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem

as Creature Design

2004
AVP: Alien vs. Predator

as Creature Design

2003
Alien³ - Assembly Cut

as Visual Effects

1997
Alien Resurrection

as Creature Design

1992
Alien³

as Creature Design

1986
Aliens

as Creature Design

1979
Alien

as Creature Design

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

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