Director
Claude Barras
53 years · Sierre, Valais, Switzerland · 12 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 12
Savages
2024 · Mâle orange-outang (voice), Writer
My Life as a Zucchini
2016 · Director
Impostor
2014 · Producer
Monsieur l'assassin X
2013 · Producer
Room 69
2012 · Director
The Girl and the Hunter
2010 · Producer
Land of the Heads
2009 · Director
Animatou
2007 · Director, Cinematography
Sainte Barbe
2007 · Director, Producer
Spud
2006 · Screenplay, Director
The Genie in a Tin of Ravioli
2005 · Director, Screenplay
Banquise
2005 · Director