{"id":60187,"date":"2014-05-13T11:03:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T10:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=60187"},"modified":"2014-05-13T11:49:16","modified_gmt":"2014-05-13T10:49:16","slug":"hr-giger-dies-at-age-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/hr-giger-dies-at-age-74\/","title":{"rendered":"HR Giger dies at age 74"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"hr-giger\"<\/a>The brilliant artist HR Giger, responsible for the design of Ridley Scott’s Alien<\/em><\/strong> and inspiring countless other filmmakers and artists, has died at the age of 74.<\/p>\n

BBC News<\/a> reported on a piece in Swiss newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitung<\/a>, which stated that Giger has died as a result of injuries sustained in a fall.<\/p>\n

Giger gained worldwide recognition as a result of his design for the Xenomorph in Ridley Scott’s Alien<\/em><\/strong>, which earned him an Oscar in 1980. However, his work was already well known, having produced his book Necromonicon<\/em><\/strong> in 1977 (which was what led Scott to hire him). He also worked on the abandoned Alejandro Jodorowsky adaptation of Dune<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Giger’s biomechanical designs would continue to be used in future Alien<\/em><\/strong> films, although they would rarely be as challenging and as nightmarish as his original concepts. He created album covers for Deborah Harry, Danzig, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Dead Kennedys, and inspired cyberpunk writers like William Gibson. He was hired to work on Roger Donaldson’s Species<\/em><\/strong>, for which he created a ‘Ghost train’ sequence that cost $100,000 of his own money when the studio balked at the cost.<\/p>\n

From organic machines to slime-covered alien creatures, Giger’s work is challenging, beguiling and unforgettable. The old adage that an artist has achieved greatness once his or her name is used with an “-esque” to describe others’ work rings very true with this groundbreaking figure. There’s no mistaking a Giger creation, and his work will continue to inspire (and give nightmares to) generations of filmmakers and filmgoers to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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