H.R.Giger achieved international fame with his work on Ridley Scott's Alien. In 1980, he received the Academy Award for "Best Achievement for Visual Effects" for his designs of the film's title creature and its otherworldly environment.

ALIEN (1979)
In Their Own Words

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Entertainment Weekly, 1998

ALIENS (1986)
Letter from James Cameron

ALIEN 3 (1992)
J'accuse, Alienated, Shit Happens
Giger's Unused Designs
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ALIEN RESURRECTION (1997)
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