Georges Schwizgebel
Directing
- Born
- September 28, 1944 (age 82) · 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
78 Tours
January 1, 1986
The Ride to the Abyss
January 1, 1992
The Ravishing of Frank N. Stein
February 18, 1982
The Man Without a Shadow
December 31, 2004
Fugue
January 1, 1998
Game
August 8, 2006
Retouches
August 12, 2008
The Year of the Deer
June 1, 1995
The Young Girl and the Clouds
May 28, 2001
Along the Way
August 4, 2012
Kali, the Little Vampire
November 1, 2012
The Flight of Icarus
January 1, 1974
Behind the camera33
- 2026The Picture of Dorian Gray Director, Producer, Animation
- 2023Collection Georges Schwizgebel Producer, Director
- 2023From One Painting... to Another Director, Producer, Writer
- 2020Darwin's Notebook Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Director of Photography
- 2017The Battle of San Romano Director, Writer
- 2017The Musical Dragon Producer
- 2015Erlking Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 20131/3/10 Director
- 2012Kali, the Little Vampire Producer
- 2012