# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/h-r-giger
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:26:19.928Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/h-r-giger"
name: "H. R. Giger"
slug: "h-r-giger"
description: "Hans Ruedi Giger was a Swiss artist best known for his airbrushed images that blended human physiques with machines, an art style known as \"biomechanical\". He was part of the special effects team that won an Academy Award for the visual design of Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi horror film Alien, and was responsible for creating the xenomorph alien itself. His work is on permanent display at the H. R. Giger Museum in Gruyères, Switzerland. His style has been adapted to many forms of media, including album covers, furniture, and music videos."
tagline: "Swiss artist (1940–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HR_Giger_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1940-02-05"
deathDate: "2014-05-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.50840533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  162
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "45890610688"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317592/"
    handle:    "nm0317592"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.hrgiger.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump