Directing
Georges Schwizgebel
EN, XX, FR, DE cinema · 34 credits
Born
28 September 1944 (age 82)
Birthplace
Reconvilier, Switzerland
Schwizgebel was born on 28 September 1944 in Reconvilier, Canton of Berne (Jura bernois), in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. From 1960-65 he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts et des Arts Décoratifs at Geneva. In 1971 he founded Studio GDS where he produced and directed animated films as well as working in graphic design. From 1986 to 1995 he worked on retrospectives and exhibitions, among others, in Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Tokyo, Osaka, Paris and New York. In 2002 he was awarded Swiss Film Prize, Best Short Film for “La jeune fille et les nuages”. His film, The Man With No Shadow was included in the Animation Show of Shows. His 2011 short film Romance, a co-production of the National Film Board of Canada and two Swiss studios, was one of five animated shorts nominated for the 32nd Genie Awards, where it won the Award for Best Animated Short.
Known for
Filmography
Collection Georges Schwizgebel
Producer, Director
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Director, Producer, Animation
From One Painting... to Another
Director, Producer, Writer
Collection Georges Schwizgebel
Producer, Director
Darwin's Notebook
Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Director of Photography
The Musical Dragon
Producer
The Battle of San Romano
Director, Writer
Erlking
Director, Screenplay, Producer
1/3/10
2013
1/3/10
Director
Along the Way
Director
Romance
Director, Producer
Retouches
Director, Producer
The Subject of the Picture
Animation, Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Animatou
Animation, Director, Director of Photography
Game
Director, Producer
The Man Without a Shadow
Director, Producer
Fugue
Director, Writer
Zig Zag
1996
Zig Zag
Director
The Year of the Deer
Director
The Ride to the Abyss
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, Animation
78 Tours
Writer, Director
Nakounine
Director
Off-side
Director
The Flight of Icarus
Director
Pirouette
Director