Giger directed a number of films, including Swiss Made (1968), Tagtraum (1973), Giger's Necronomicon (1975) and Giger's Alien (1979). He studied interior and industrial design at the School of Commercial Art in Zurich from 1962–1965, and made his first paintings as art therapy. Giger was also influenced by Polish sculptor Stanislaw Szukalski, and by painters Austin Osman Spare and Mati Klarwein, and was a personal friend of Timothy Leary. He was introduced to Dali by painter Robert Venosa. His main influences were painters Dado, Ernst Fuchs, and Salvador Dalí. Giger's most distinctive stylistic innovation was that of a representation of human bodies and machines in cold, interconnected relationships, which he described as "biomechanical". He also worked with pastels, markers and ink. For most of his career, he worked predominantly in airbrush, creating monochromatic canvasses depicting surreal, nightmarish dreamscapes. Giger started with small ink drawings before progressing to oil paintings. On, Giger died in a Zürich hospital after suffering injuries from a fall. Giger lived and worked in Zürich with his second wife, Carmen Maria Scheifele Giger, who is the director of the H.R. He married Mia Bonzanigo in 1979 they divorced a year and a half later. Tobler's image appears in many of his paintings. Giger had a relationship with Swiss actress Li Tobler until she died by suicide in 1975. Giger Museum, a permanent repository of his work. In 1998, Giger acquired the Saint-Germain Castle in Gruyères, Switzerland, which now houses the H.R. He is also well known for artwork on several music recording albums including Danzig III: How The Gods Kill by Danzig, Brain Salad Surgery by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Attahk by Magma, Heartwork by Carcass, To Mega Therion by Celtic Frost, Eparistera Daimones and Melana Chasmata by Triptykon, Deborah Harry's KooKoo, and Frankenchrist, by the Dead Kennedys.
Giger was admitted to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2013. His books of paintings, particularly Necronomicon and Necronomicon II (1985) and the frequent appearance of his art in Omni magazine contributed to his rise to international prominence. His design for the Alien was inspired by his painting Necronom IV and earned him an Oscar in 1980. He was part of the special effects team that won an Academy Award for Best Achievement in Visual Effects for their design work on the film Alien. Giger's style and thematic execution were influential. Kunz, co-owner of Switzerland's first poster publishing company, printed and distributed Giger's first posters, beginning in 1969.
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