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Georges Schwizgebel
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 Beau…
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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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2026
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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2023
Collection Georges Schwizgebel
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2023
From One Painting... to Another
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2020
Darwin's Notebook
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2017
The Battle of San Romano
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2017
The Musical Dragon
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2015
Erlking
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2013
1/3/10
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2012
Kali, the Little Vampire
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2012
Along the Way
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2011
Romance
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2008
Retouches
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2007
Animatou
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2007
The Subject of the Picture
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2006
Game
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2004
The Man Without a Shadow
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2003
La chanson du pharmacien
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2001
The Young Girl and the Clouds
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1998
Fugue
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1996
Zig Zag
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1995
The Year of the Deer
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1992
The Ride to the Abyss
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1990
Des tableaux qui bougent
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1987
Academy Leader Variations
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1986
78 Tours
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1986
Nakounine
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1982
The Ravishing of Frank N. Stein
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1977
Off-side
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1975
Perspectives
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1974
The Flight of Icarus
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1970
Patchwork
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1969
Pirouette
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The Films of Georges Schwizgebel
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Collection Georges Schwizgebel
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