H. R. Giger

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H. R. Giger

Acting February 5, 1940

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…

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Alien

Alien

8.2 1979 Movie
Prometheus

Prometheus

6.6 2012 Movie
Aliens

Aliens

8.0 1986 Movie
Alien³

Alien³

6.4 1992 Movie
Species

Species

6.0 1995 Movie
Poltergeist II: The Other Side

Poltergeist II: The Other Side

6.0 1986 Movie
Jodorowsky's Dune

Jodorowsky's Dune

7.8 2013 Movie
Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma

9.5 1974 TV Show
The Killer Condom

The Killer Condom

5.2 1996 Movie
Alien: Specimen

Alien: Specimen

6.1 2019 Movie
Alien: Containment

Alien: Containment

6.1 2019 Movie
Dark Star: H. R. Giger's World

Dark Star: H. R. Giger's World

6.9 2014 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2019
    Alien: Specimen

    Movie Creature Design

  2. 2019
    Alien: Containment

    Movie Creature Design

  3. 2016
    Traceroute

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 2014
    Dark Star: H. R. Giger's World

    Movie Self

  5. 2013
    Jodorowsky's Dune

    Movie Self - Artist

  6. 2012
    Prometheus

    Movie Art Direction

  7. 2011
    Hamburg Journal

    TV show self

  8. 2010
    H.R. Giger Revealed

    Movie Self

  9. 2009
    Alien Makers III

    Movie Self

  10. 2009
    Monsterland

    Movie Self

  11. 2007
    Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures

    Movie Self

  12. 2007
    H.R. Giger's Sanctuary

    Movie Self

  13. 2005
    Berg und Geist

    Movie Self

  14. 2003
    The Beast Within: Making Alien

    Movie Self

  15. 2003
    Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

    Movie Self

  16. 2002
    The Alien Saga

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 2000
    Mylène Farmer: Mylenium Tour

    Movie Art Designer

  2. 1999
    The Alien Legacy

    Movie Self

  3. 1996
    The Killer Condom

    Movie Creative Consultant

  4. 1995
    Species

    Movie Conceptual Design

  5. 1992
    Eye of the Storm: Ridley Scott

    Movie

  6. 1992
    Giger - Passage to the Id

    Movie Self

  7. 1992
    Alien³

    Movie Creature Design

  8. 1989
    Tokyo: The Last War

    Movie Conceptual Design

  9. 1987
    Das phantastische Universum des H.R. Giger

    Movie Self

  10. 1986
    Aliens

    Movie Creature Design

  11. 1986
    Poltergeist II: The Other Side

    Movie Concept Artist

  12. 1985
    The Occult Experience

    Movie Self

  13. 1982
    A New Face of Debbie Harry by H.R. Giger

    Movie Himself

  14. 1979
    Alien

    Movie Creature Design

  15. 1979
    Giger's Alien

    Movie Self

  16. 1975
    Giger's Necronomicon

    Movie Self - Narrator

  17. 1974
    Spécial cinéma

    TV show Self

  18. 1973
    Tagtraum

    Movie Self

  19. 1972
    Passagen

    Movie Self

  20. 1969
    Swissmade

    Movie (segment "2069")

  21. 1967
    High and Heimkiller

    Movie Self

  22. 1967
    Home-Killer

    Movie Man in Black

  23. —
    Giger's Second Celebration of the Four

    Movie Producer

  24. —
    Walking with Giger

    Movie Himself