Georges Schwizgebel
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1944-09-28 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Reconvilier, Switzerland
Georges Schwizgebel
Biography
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.
Acting
(1990)
Des tableaux qui bougent
as Self
Crew
Collection Georges Schwizgebel
Director, Producer
The Films of Georges Schwizgebel
Producer
(2023)
From One Painting To Another
Director
(2023)
Collection Georges Schwizgebel
Director, Producer
(2020)
Darwin's Notebook
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
(2017)
The Musical Dragon
Producer
(2017)
The Battle of San Romano
Director, Writer
(2015)
Erlking
Director, Screenplay
(2013)
1/3/10
Director
(2012)
Kali, the Little Vampire
Producer
(2012)
Chemin faisant
Director
(2011)
Romance
Director, Producer
(2008)
Retouches
Director
(2007)
The Subject of the Picture
Director, Animation, Editor, Director of Photography
(2007)
Animatou
Director, Animation, Director of Photography
(2006)
Game
Director
(2004)
The Man Without a Shadow
Director
(2003)
La chanson du pharmacien
Producer
(2001)
The Young Girl and the Clouds
Director
(1999)
Fugue
Director
(1996)
Zig Zag
Director
(1995)
The Year of the Deer
Director
(1992)
The Ride to the Abyss
Director, Writer, Editor, Animation, Producer
(1987)
Academy Leader Variations
Director
(1986)
78 Tours
Director, Writer
(1986)
Nakounine
Director
(1982)
The Ravishing of Frank N. Stein
Director
(1977)
Off-side
Director
(1975)
Perspectives
Director
(1974)
The Flight of Icarus
Director
(1970)
Patchwork
Director
(1969)
Pirouette
Director