Editing H. R. Giger (section)

==Recognition==
[[File:Gigerplatz street name sign.jpg|thumb|Street name sign in Chur, Switzerland]]
Giger was awarded the [[Inkpot Award]] in 1979.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 December 2012 |title=Inkpot Award |url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129155249/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot |archive-date=29 January 2017 |access-date=12 September 2020 |website=Comic-Con International: San Diego}}</ref>

In addition to his awards, Giger was recognized by a variety of festivals and institutions. On the one year anniversary of his death, the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City staged the series ''The Unseen Cinema of HR Giger'' in May 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chu |first=Christine |date=19 May 2015 |title=HR Giger Retrospective Comes to the Museum of Arts and Design One Year After His Death |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hr-giger-retrospective-comes-museum-arts-design-one-year-death-290683 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825155349/https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hr-giger-retrospective-comes-museum-arts-design-one-year-death-290683 |archive-date=25 August 2015 |access-date=5 August 2015 |website=Artnet |publisher=Artnet Worldwide Corporation}}</ref>

''[[Dark Star: H. R. Giger's World]]'', a biographical documentary by Belinda Sallin, debuted 27 September 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Belinda Sallin on capturing the life and art of H.R. Giger – Blastr – Ernie Estrella, May 15, 2015 |url=http://www.blastr.com/2015-5-15/belinda-sallin-capturing-life-and-art-hr-giger-her-documentary-dark-star-hr-gigers-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926022839/http://www.blastr.com/2015-5-15/belinda-sallin-capturing-life-and-art-hr-giger-her-documentary-dark-star-hr-gigers-world |archive-date=26 September 2015 |access-date=28 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{IMDb title | id= 4074502 | title=  Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World (2014)}}</ref>

In July 2018, the asteroid [[109712 Giger]] was named in his memory.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mills |first=George |date=12 September 2018 |title=From anarchy to onion heads: The Local's A–Z guide to essential Swiss culture |url=https://www.thelocal.ch/20180912/from-anarchy-to-onion-heads-the-locals-az-of-essential-swiss-culture |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127061602/https://www.thelocal.ch/20180912/from-anarchy-to-onion-heads-the-locals-az-of-essential-swiss-culture |archive-date=27 January 2021 |access-date=9 August 2020 |newspaper=The Local Switzerland |publisher=[[The Local]]}}</ref>