The Oscar-winning Swiss set and creature designer of Ridley Scott's "Alien" died following a fall in his Zurich home. By The Associated Press H.R. Giger - P Sandra Mivelaz, administrator of the H.R.

FILE - In this June 29, 2007 file picture Swiss artist H.R. Giger poses with two of his works at the art museum in Chur, Switzerland. H.R. Giger, who designed the creature in Ridley Scott's sci-fi ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A black and white file photo dated 29 January 1995 shows Swiss artist H. R. Giger in his home in Zurich, Switzerland. (EPA/MARTIN ...

BERLIN (AP) — Swiss artist H.R. Giger, who designed the creature in Ridley Scott’s sci-fi horror classic “Alien,” has died at age 74 from injuries suffered in a fall, his museum said Tuesday. Sandra ...

If there was ever an artist who deserved to be featured in a column called Dark Dreams, it’s the late HR Giger, whose dark artistry penetrated the psyche of all of mankind after he designed the ...

The Alien creature was based on a Giger print named “Necronom IV”, and marked a major departure from the clichéd green men often seen in movies until then. Giger’s alien was androgynous, eyeless, and ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Swiss surrealist artist H.R. Giger, designer of the monster from classic 1979 sci-fi film Alien, has died, his museum confirmed to Reuters. He was 74.

Visual artist H. R. Giger taking off face mask. Visual artist H. R. Giger taking off face mask.Dana Frank—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images Swiss artist H.R. Giger, who haunted movie goers by creating ...

Swiss artist H.R. Giger (b. 1940), who designed the titular monster in Ridley Scott’s Alien, died Monday at age 74. Born in 1940 in Chur, Switzerland, “H.R. Giger grew up in very dark rooms having ...