H. R. Giger
Hans Rudolf "Ruedi" Giger (5 February 1940 – 12 May 2014) was a Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor and set designer. He was part of the special effects team that won an Academy Award for Best Achievement for Visual Effects for their design work on the movie Alien.[1]
On 12 May 2014, Giger died at the age of 74 in a hospital in Zürich after having suffered injuries in a fall.[2][3][4]
H. R. Giger Media
Birth Machine sculpture in Gruyères
Entrance to Giger Bar in Chur
Ibanez H. R. Giger signature bass and guitars
Jonathan Davis with his microphone stand
Street name sign in Chur, Switzerland
References
- ↑ "The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners" Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Oscars.org.
- ↑ Staff (13 May 2014). "‘Alien’ creator H.R. Giger is dead". swissinfo. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/Alien_creator_H.R._Giger_is_dead.html. Retrieved 13 May 2013.[dead link]
- ↑ Jordans, Frank (13 May 2014). "'Alien' artist H.R. Giger dies at 74". Associated Press. http://apnews.excite.com/article/20140513/eu-switzerland-obit-giger-1c5240b3e2.html. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ↑ Staff (13 May 2014). "Der «Alien»-Vater ist tot". Tages-Anzeiger. http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/kino/Bericht-HR-Giger-ist-tot-/story/10859595. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
Other websites
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- H. R. Giger on IMDb