Person
Claude Barras
Directing · Born 1973-01-19 · Sierre, Valais, Switzerland
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.
Known for
My Life as a Zucchini
Director
Land of the Heads
Director
La Vie en rose
Director
Impostor
Producer
Banquise
Director
Spud
Screenplay
Room 69
Executive Producer
Savages
Mâle orange-outang (voice)
The Girl and the Hunter
Producer
Animatou
Director
Filmography
- 2024SavagesMâle orange-outang (voice)
- 2023Ever Since, I Have Been FlyingConsulting Producer
- 2016My Life as a ZucchiniDirector
- 2014ImpostorProducer
- 2013Monsieur l'assassin XProducer
- 2012Room 69Executive Producer
- 2010The Girl and the HunterProducer
- 2009Land of the HeadsDirector
- 2007Making of the Genie in a Ravioli CanSelf
- 2007AnimatouDirector
- 2007Sainte BarbeDirector
- 2006SpudScreenplay
- 2005The Genie in a Tin of RavioliDirector
- 2005BanquiseDirector
- —You're Not the One I ExpectedDirector
- —La Vie en roseDirector
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