Claude Barras
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 19, 1973
- Birthplace
- Sierre, Valais, Switzerland
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.
Filmography
- La Vie en rose
La Vie en rose TBA
Director
- You're Not the One I Expected
You're Not the One I Expected TBA
Director, Screenplay
Savages 2024
as Mâle orange-outang (voice), Writer, Director, Editor
Ever Since, I Have Been Flying 2023
Consulting Producer
My Life as a Zucchini 2016
Director, Co-Writer
Impostor 2014
Producer, Modeling
Monsieur l'assassin X 2013
Producer
Room 69 2012
Executive Producer, Director
The Girl and the Hunter 2010
Producer
Land of the Heads 2009
Director, Executive Producer
- Making of the Genie in a Ravioli Can
Making of the Genie in a Ravioli Can 2007
as Self
Animatou 2007
Animation, Director, Director of Photography
Sainte Barbe 2007
Producer, Director
Spud 2006
Screenplay, Director
The Genie in a Tin of Ravioli 2005
Director, Screenplay
Banquise 2005
Director, Animation
Credits from TMDB.