Claude Barras
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.
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Movies (16)
Savages
2024 · Mâle orange-outang (voice), Writer, Director, Editor
Ever Since, I Have Been Flying
2023 · Consulting Producer
My Life as a Zucchini
2016 · Director, Co-Writer
Impostor
2014 · Producer, Modeling
Monsieur l'assassin X
2013 · Producer
Room 69
2012 · Executive Producer, Director
The Girl and the Hunter
2010 · Producer
Land of the Heads
2009 · Director, Executive Producer
Making of the Genie in a Ravioli Can
2007 · Self
Animatou
2007 · Animation, Director, Director of Photography
Sainte Barbe
2007 · Producer, Director
Spud
2006 · Screenplay, Director
The Genie in a Tin of Ravioli
2005 · Director, Screenplay
Banquise
2005 · Director, Animation
You're Not the One I Expected
· Director, Screenplay
La Vie en rose
· Director
TV shows (0)
No credits available.