Georges Schwizgebel

Directing·Sep 28, 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.

Film	Credit
The Picture of Dorian Gray2026 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Collection Georges Schwizgebel2023 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
From One Painting... to Another2023 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Darwin's Notebook2020 · Producer, Writer, Director, Director of Photography	Producer, Writer, Director, Director of Photography
The Battle of San Romano2017 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Erlking2015 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
11/3/102013 · Director	Director
Along the Way2012 · Director	Director
Romance2011 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Retouches2008 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Animatou2007 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
The Subject of the Picture2007 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Game2006 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Man Without a Shadow2004 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Young Girl and the Clouds2001 · Director	Director
Fugue1998 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
ZZig Zag1996 · Director	Director
The Year of the Deer1995 · Director	Director
The Ride to the Abyss1992 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
Academy Leader Variations1987 · Director	Director
78 Tours1986 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Nakounine1986 · Director	Director
The Ravishing of Frank N. Stein1982 · Director	Director
Off-side1977 · Director	Director
PPerspectives1975 · Director	Director
The Flight of Icarus1974 · Director	Director
PPatchwork1970 · Director	Director
Pirouette1969 · Director	Director
Collection Georges SchwizgebelProducer, Director	Producer, Director