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Georges Schwizgebel

Georges Schwizgebel

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.

On screen

  • Des tableaux qui bougent

Behind the camera

  • The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • From One Painting... to Another
  • Collection Georges Schwizgebel
  • Darwin's Notebook
  • The Battle of San Romano
  • Erlking
  • Romance
  • Retouches
  • The Subject of the Picture
  • Animatou
  • Game
  • The Man Without a Shadow
  • The Young Girl and the Clouds
  • Fugue
  • The Year of the Deer
  • The Ride to the Abyss
  • Academy Leader Variations
  • 78 Tours
  • Nakounine
  • The Ravishing of Frank N. Stein
  • Off-side
  • The Flight of Icarus
  • Pirouette
  • Collection Georges Schwizgebel

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