Director
Georges Schwizgebel
Born 1944 · Reconvilier, Switzerland
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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.
Directed
Academy Leader Variations
Director · 1987
Patchwork
Director · 1970
The Ravishing of Frank N. Stein
Director · 1982
The Man Without a Shadow
Director · 2004
78 Tours
Director · 1986
Fugue
Director · 1999
Along the Way
Director · 2012
Retouches
Director · 2008
The Ride to the Abyss
Director · 1992
Romance
Director · 2011
The Battle of San Romano
Director · 2017
Erlking
Director · 2015
The Year of the Deer
Director · 1995
The Flight of Icarus
Director · 1974
The Young Girl and the Clouds
Director · 2001
Perspectives
Director · 1975
1/3/10
Director · 2013
Game
Director · 2006
