Georges Schwizgebel
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 28, 1944
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
The Films of Georges Schwizgebel TBA
Producer
Collection Georges Schwizgebel TBA
Director, Producer
The Picture of Dorian Gray 2026
Director, Producer, Animation
Collection Georges Schwizgebel 2023
Producer, Director
From One Painting... to Another 2023
Director, Producer, Writer
Darwin's Notebook 2020
Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Director, Editor
The Battle of San Romano 2017
Writer, Director
The Musical Dragon 2017
Producer
Erlking 2015
Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 1/3/10
1/3/10 2013
Director
Kali, the Little Vampire 2012
Producer
Along the Way 2012
Director
Romance 2011
Director, Producer
Retouches 2008
Director, Producer
Animatou 2007
Director, Animation, Director of Photography
The Subject of the Picture 2007
Editor, Animation, Director, Director of Photography
Game 2006
Director, Producer
The Man Without a Shadow 2004
Director, Producer
La chanson du pharmacien 2003
Producer
The Young Girl and the Clouds 2001
Director
Fugue 1998
Director, Writer
- Zig Zag
Zig Zag 1996
Director
The Year of the Deer 1995
Director
The Ride to the Abyss 1992
Writer, Director, Animation, Editor, Producer
Des tableaux qui bougent 1990
as Self
Academy Leader Variations 1987
Director
Nakounine 1986
Director
78 Tours 1986
Writer, Director
The Ravishing of Frank N. Stein 1982
Director
Off-side 1977
Director
- Perspectives
Perspectives 1975
Director
The Flight of Icarus 1974
Director
- Patchwork
Patchwork 1970
Director
Pirouette 1969
Director
Credits from TMDB.