A black and white file photo dated 29 January 1995 shows Swiss artist H. R. Giger in his home in Zurich, Switzerland. Giger died on 12 May 2014 aged 74, according to Swiss media. He was a surrealist painter, sculptor, and set designer, and was part of the special effects team that won an Academy Award for Best Achievement for Visual Effects for their design work on the film “Alien”. (Photo by Martin Ruetschi/EPA)

View at one of the sculptures by Swiss artist H.R. Giger during the opening of the Ars Electronica 2013 exhibition “HR Giger. The Art of Biomechanics” in Linz, Austria, 04 September 2013. (Photo by EPA/RUBRA)

Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame collections manager Michele Wallace works on the installation of the 18-foot Alien Queen Mother from the movie Aliens during preparations in Seattle on May 7, 2004 for the museum's grand opening on June 18. The Alien monster mockup made of molded latex and steel was used in the filming of the 1986 science fiction horror movie and is on loan to the museum for display along with other rare science fiction artifacts and memorabilia. Many articles, of which, are from Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen's personal collection. (Photo by Anthony P. Bolante/Reuters)

A woman observes the original model of the monster's head from the movie “Alien, The Eighth Passenger” by Swiss artist H.R. Giger, during an exhibition of his work at the Valencia Technical College University in Valencia, Spain, 18 October 2007. (Photo by Biel Alino/EPA)

The 52nd Annual Academy Awards, backstage coverage. Airdate: April 14, 1980. Presenters Farrah Fawcett and Harold Russell (R) with best visual effects Oscar winners (2nd From L-R): H.R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder and Denys Ayling. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images)

A picture made available on 09 March 2011 shows a general view of Swiss artist H.R. Giger's exhibition “Traeume und Visionen” (Dreams and Visions) at the Kunsthaus Wien in Vienna, Austria, 08 March 2011. (Photo by Robert Jaeger/EPA)

Swiss Artist H.R. (Hansruedi) Giger, who has been nominated for an academy award for his visual effects for the movie “Alien”, poses with Anneka Di Lorenzo in front of one of his paintings at the opening of an exhibition in New York on Monday, April 8, 1980. (Photo by AP Photo/Bocklett)

Actress Sigourney Weaver, star of all four “Alien” films, poses with a man dressed as the famed movie creature, Wednesday, June 2, 1999, at the Lloyd E. Rigler Theater, aka “The Egyptian” in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Weaver and cast members from all four films were attending a special screening of the original film to celebrate its 20th anniversary, held at the same theater at which it premiered. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/AP Photo)

View at sculptures by Swiss artist H.R. Giger during the opening of the Ars Electronica 2013 exhibition “HR Giger. The Art of Biomechanics” in Linz, Austria, 04 September 2013. (Photo by EPA/RUBRA)

Jim Engelhardt of the California Museum of Science and Industry secures the head of the Alien Queen from the movie “Alien” at the Museum of Science in Boston, Sept. 24, 1988. (Photo by Susan Walsh/AP Photo)

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 horror classic “Alien”, has died at age 74 from injuries suffered in a fall. Sandra Mivelaz, administrator of the H.R. Giger museum in Chateau St. Germain told The Associated Press Tuesday May 13, 2014 that Giger had died in a hospital the day before. Giger received a 1979 Academy Award for special effects in “Alen”. Giger's works, often showing macabre scenes of humans and machines fused into hellish hybrids, influenced a generation of movie directors and inspired an enduring fashion for “biomechanical” tattoos. (Photo by Arno Balzarini/AP Photo/Keystone)