) is a publisher, film producer

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, and the son of Swiss painter José Giger. He is well known for publishing hundreds of comic books / graphic novels from such acclaimed authors as Alexandro Jodorowsky, Mœbius

Jean Giraud

Jean Henri Gaston Giraud is a French comics artist. Giraud has earned worldwide fame, not only under his own name but also under the pseudonym Moebius, and to a lesser extent Gir, the latter appearing mostly in the form of a boxed signature at the bottom of the artist's paintings, for instance the...

 and Enki Bilal

Enki Bilal

Enes Bilal is a French comic book creator, comics artist and film director.-Biography:Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, to a Slovak mother and a Bosnian father who had been Josip Broz Tito's tailor, he moved to Paris at the age of 9. At age 14, he met René Goscinny and with his encouragement applied...

, and producing animation series; he was co-producer of one Rolie Polie Olie

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that won an Emmy Award

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 in 2000.

In 1988, at the age of 23, convinced that comic book artists and writers have an artistic and commercial potential far beyond the comic book industry, he bought the venerable French publishing house Les Humanoïdes Associés

Les Humanoïdes Associés

Les Humanoïdes Associés is a French publishing house specialising in comics and graphic novels. Founded in December 1974 by Mœbius, Jean-Pierre Dionnet, Philippe Druillet and Bernard Farkas in order to publish Métal Hurlant, it quickly expanded to include a variety of science fiction work...

. In less than two decades, he turned it into a multimedia group, involved not only in comic book publishing, but also in CGI animation, digital effects, internet content and software development.

In 1995, he co-founded the CGI animation studio, Sparx*, with branches in France and in Vietnam, which produced many critically acclaimed and awarded shows.

In 1998, in Los Angeles, he founded Humanoids, the American counterpart of Les Humanoïdes Associés

Les Humanoïdes Associés

Les Humanoïdes Associés is a French publishing house specialising in comics and graphic novels. Founded in December 1974 by Mœbius, Jean-Pierre Dionnet, Philippe Druillet and Bernard Farkas in order to publish Métal Hurlant, it quickly expanded to include a variety of science fiction work...

, which later re-launched the magazine Métal Hurlant

Métal Hurlant

Métal Hurlant is a French comics anthology of science fiction and horror comics stories, created in December 1974 by comics artists Jean Giraud and Philippe Druillet together with journalist-writer Jean-Pierre Dionnet and financial director Bernard Farkas.The four were collectively known as "Les...

.

In the years 1999-2000, he partnered with directors Ridley Scott

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, Tony Scott

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 and Renny Harlin

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 to launch a website featuring original content based mostly on Humanoids books. Hours of material were produced, but due to the bursting of the internet bubble, the site never took off.

In the beginning of the millennium, Giger discovered some more major talents including the Ukrainian author Igor Baranko (The Horde) and writer Jerry Frissen

Jerry Frissen

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 (The Zombies That Ate The World

The Zombies That Ate The World

The Zombies That Ate The World is an ongoing comic book series written by Jerry Frissen and illustrated by Guy Davis. It is published in France by Les Humanoïdes Associés and reprinted in North America by Humanoids Publishing/Devil's Due...

, Lucha Libre

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). He left his position as chairman of the group in 2003, taking a few years off, including a year in Pondicherry, India.

In 2008, he resumed his career as publisher and producer., and is currently developing several live-action projects with producer Pierre Spengler (the "Superman" trilogy, Palme d'Or winner "Underground"). Giger and the Humanoids catalog are represented by Creative Artists Agency.