Swiss artist who designed Alien ‘s iconic monster dies aged 74.
Hans Rudolph Giger, the Swiss surrealist artist best known for his visual effects work on the film Alien, has died at the age of 74 following a fall.
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Giger found fame through his nightmarish paintings, sculptures and set designs, culminating in an Oscar for Best Visual Effects in 1980 for his work on Alien.
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Born in Chur, Switzerland, in 1940, he studied architecture and industrial art at Zurich’s University of Applied Sciences.
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He reportedly suffered from nightmares that inspired his depictions of "biomechanical" human figures linked to machines.
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