Directing
Community Rating
6.1
TMDB estimate
Born
September 28, 1944 (age 81)
Born in
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.
Collection Georges Schwizgebel
as Director, Producer
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The Films of Georges Schwizgebel
as Producer
TBA
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The Portrait of Dorian Gray
as Director, Producer, Animation
2026
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Collection Georges Schwizgebel
as Producer, Director
2023
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From One Painting... to Another
as Director, Producer, Writer
2023
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Darwin's Notebook
as Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Director, Editor
2020
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The Battle of San Romano
as Writer, Director
2017
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The Musical Dragon
as Producer
2017
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Erlking
as Director, Screenplay, Producer
2015
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1/3/10
as Director
2013
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Kali, the Little Vampire
as Producer
2012
—Along the Way
as Director
2012
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Romance
as Director, Producer
2011
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Retouches
as Director, Producer
2008
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Animatou
as Director, Animation, Director of Photography
2007
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The Subject of the Picture
as Editor, Animation, Director, Director of Photography
2007
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Game
as Director, Producer
2006
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The Man Without a Shadow
as Director, Producer
2004
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La chanson du pharmacien
as Producer
2003
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The Young Girl and the Clouds
as Director
2001
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