Director

Claude Barras

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Directed movies: 6Directed series: 0All crew credits: 13

TMDB ID: 588869

IMDb ID: nm1957706

Known for: Directing

Born: January 19, 1973

Age: 53

Place of birth: Sierre, Valais, Switzerland

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2005 - 2024

Years active: 20

Average TMDB rating: 7.35

Wikidata: Q26897082

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Biography

Claude Barras was born in Sierre, Switzerland. He studied illustration and computer graphics at École Emile Cohl in Lyon. He received a degree in anthropology and digital images from Lyon, studied computer graphics at ECAL (École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne) and worked as a freelance illustrator in Geneva. Throughout his career, Barras directed several short films, including The Genie in a Ravioli Can (2006). Barras' first full-length animated feature, My Life as a Courgette (2016), was presented at the Director's Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival and received numerous awards at film festivals around the world. The film was selected as Switzerland's oficial entry for the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.