H. R. Giger

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artist concept artist human painter sculptor set designer surrealist artist

H. R. Giger was a Swiss surrealist artist renowned for his dark, biomechanical aesthetic and for designing the iconic creature in the film "Alien."

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Label Occurrences
H. R. Giger canonical 5
H.R. Giger 1

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artist ⓘ
concept artist ⓘ
human ⓘ
painter ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ
set designer ⓘ
surrealist artist ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Visual Effects NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceivedFor Alien NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceivedYear 1980 ⓘ
birthCountry Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate 1940-02-05 ⓘ
birthPlace Chur NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate 2014-05-12 ⓘ
deathPlace Zürich NERFINISHED ⓘ
designed Alien creature ⓘ
Xenomorph NERFINISHED ⓘ
education School of Applied Arts in Zürich NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork fantasy art ⓘ
science fiction art ⓘ
surrealism ⓘ
genre fantasy ⓘ
horror ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasMuseum HR Giger Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced biomechanical art ⓘ
horror film design ⓘ
science fiction design ⓘ
influencedBy H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ
surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ
inspired Alien film franchise ⓘ
industrial design aesthetics ⓘ
video game art ⓘ
language German ⓘ
movement surrealism ⓘ
museumLocation Gruyères NERFINISHED ⓘ
name Hans Ruedi Giger NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality Swiss ⓘ
notableFor biomechanical aesthetic ⓘ
dark surrealist imagery ⓘ
design of the Alien creature ⓘ
notableWork Birth Machine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harkonnen Chair NERFINISHED ⓘ
Li I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Li II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Necronom IV NERFINISHED ⓘ
Necronomicon NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation painter ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ
set designer ⓘ
special effects designer ⓘ
visual artist ⓘ
previousPartner Mia Bonzanigo NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName H. R. Giger NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Carmen Maria Scheifele Giger NERFINISHED ⓘ
style biomechanical ⓘ
dark surrealism ⓘ
subjectMatter biomechanical forms ⓘ
human-machine hybrids ⓘ
nightmarish landscapes ⓘ
usedMedium acrylic paint ⓘ
airbrush ⓘ
ink ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
workedOn Alien NERFINISHED ⓘ
Alien 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Poltergeist II: The Other Side NERFINISHED ⓘ
Species NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alien (1979 film) → creatureDesigner → H. R. Giger ⓘ
Alien (1979 film) → artDirector → H. R. Giger ⓘ
Brandywine Productions → associatedWith → H. R. Giger ⓘ
Alejandro Jodorowsky → collaboratedWith → H. R. Giger ⓘ
this entity surface form: H.R. Giger
Alien franchise → creatureDesigner → H. R. Giger ⓘ
Xenomorph → creatureDesignBy → H. R. Giger ⓘ