Georges Schwizgebel

Birthday: 1944-09-28
Birthplace: Reconvilier, Switzerland
Gender: Male

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.

Credits

Year Title
Collection Georges Schwizgebel
2023-08-17 Collection Georges Schwizgebel
2023-01-06 From One Painting To Another
2020-11-06 Darwin's Notebook
2017-10-27 The Battle of San Romano
2015-08-05 Erlking
2013-01-03 1/3/10
2012-08-04 Chemin faisant
2011-08-01 Romance
2008-08-12 Retouches
2007-10-06 Animatou
2007-02-03 The Subject of the Picture
2006-08-08 Game
2004-12-31 The Man Without a Shadow
2001-05-28 The Young Girl and the Clouds
1999-06-01 Fugue
1996-04-01 Zig Zag
1995-06-01 The Year of the Deer
1992-01-01 The Ride to the Abyss
1987-04-12 Academy Leader Variations
1986-01-01 78 Tours
1986-01-01 Nakounine
1982-02-18 The Ravishing of Frank N. Stein
1977-05-13 Off-side
1975-01-01 Perspectives
1974-01-01 The Flight of Icarus
1970-01-01 Patchwork
1969-01-01 Pirouette