Director
Georges Schwizgebel
82 years · Reconvilier, Switzerland · 30 films
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.
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Best known for
Filmography 28
The Picture of Dorian Gray
2026 · Director, Producer
Collection Georges Schwizgebel
2023 · Producer, Director
From One Painting... to Another
2023 · Director, Producer
Darwin's Notebook
2020 · Producer, Writer
On Vimeo
The Battle of San Romano
2017 · Director, Writer
On Vimeo
The Musical Dragon
2017 · Producer
Erlking
2015 · Director, Screenplay
Kali, the Little Vampire
2012 · Producer
Along the Way
2012 · Director
Romance
2011 · Director, Producer
Retouches
2008 · Director, Producer
Animatou
2007 · Director, Cinematography
The Subject of the Picture
2007 · Director, Editor
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
The Year of the Deer
1995 · Director
The Ride to the Abyss
1992 · Writer, Director
Des tableaux qui bougent
1990 · Self
Academy Leader Variations
1987 · Director
78 Tours
1986 · Writer, Director
Nakounine
1986 · Director