H. R. Giger

Personal Info

Birthday

February 5, 1940

Day of Death

2014-05-12

(74 years old)

Place of Birth

Chur, Switzerland

Also Known As

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

Swissmade

Home-Killer

Filmography

2025
Alien, Terror in Space
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Traceroute
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Dark Star: H. R. Giger's World
as Self
2013
Jodorowsky's Dune
as Self - Artist
2010
H.R. Giger Revealed
as Self
2009
Alien Makers III
as Self
Monsterland
as Self
2007
Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures
as Self
H.R. Giger's Sanctuary
as Self
2005
Berg und Geist
as Self
2003
The Beast Within: Making Alien
as Self
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
as Self
2002
The Alien Saga
as Self
1999
The Alien Legacy
as Self
1987
Das phantastische Universum des H.R. Giger
as Self
1985
The Occult Experience
as Self
1982
A New Face of Debbie Harry by H.R. Giger
as Himself
1979
Giger's Alien
as Self
1975
Giger's Necronomicon
as Self - Narrator
1973
Tagtraum
as Self
1972
Passagen
as Self
1969
Swissmade
as (segment "2069")
1967
High and Heimkiller
as Self
Home-Killer
as Man in Black