Director

Georges Schwizgebel

Directing

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Directed movies: 17Directed series: 0All crew credits: 28

TMDB ID: 1100023

IMDb ID: nm0777989

Known for: Directing

Born: September 28, 1944

Age: 81

Place of birth: Reconvilier, Switzerland

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1969 - 2026

Years active: 58

Average TMDB rating: 6.35

Wikidata: Q682383

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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.