21 Brilliant Movie Talents We Lost In 2014

3. HR Giger

Rating: 1940-2014

Without Swiss artist Giger there would be no Alien franchise. Though Sigourney Weaver's central performance was important, she could not have sold the movie alone, and the artist's disturbing biomechanical nightmare was an astonishingly impactful addition to the sci-fi world of film. He died in May at the age of 74.