Georges Schwizgebel

Georges Schwizgebel (born 28 September 1944 in Reconvilier, Switzerland) is a Swiss animation film director whose paint-on-glass-animated 2004 film L'Homme sans ombre (The Man With No Shadow) won various awards.

Schwizgebel in 2017.

Biography

Schwizgebel was born on 28 September 1944 in Reconvilier, Canton of Berne (Jura bernois), in the French-speaking part of Switzerland.[1] 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.[2]

Accolades

His 2011 short film Romance, a co-production of the National Film Board of Canada and two Swiss studios,[3] won the Award for Best Animated Short at the 32nd Genie Awards.[4]

Personal life

His son is classical pianist Louis Schwizgebel-Wang (b. 1987).[5]

Selected filmography
  • Le ravissement de Frank N. Stein (1982)
  • 78 Tours (1985)[6]
  • La course à l'abîme (Ride to the Abyss) (1992)[7][8]
  • The Man with No Shadow (2004)
  • Jeu (2006)
  • Romance (2011)
  • Chemin Faisant (2012)

His 1995 short film L'année du daim was used by YouTube user funkyfreshjive as an unofficial music video for the Boards of Canada song, "Mukinabaht" [sic].[9]

A still from his 1982 short film Le ravissement de Frank N. Stein is featured on the cover of Oneohtrix Point Never's 2013 album R Plus Seven.[10]

References
  1. "NFB Profiles - Schwizgebel Georges". Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Nnf-nfb.gc.ca. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  2. The Man Without a Shadow — Animation Show of Shows
  3. Minovitz, Ethan (17 January 2012). "Five animated shorts nominated for Genie Award". Big Cartoon News. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  4. Minovitz, Ethan (March 9, 2012). "Georges Schwizgebel wins at Genies with "Romance"". Big Cartoon News. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
  5. Gazette, Mark Wedel Special to the Kalamazoo. "Gilmore Rising Star Louis Schwizgebel to make magic at the piano". MLive.com. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  6. ANIMATION SPECTACULAR - The Washington Post
  7. Review/Film; Animated Inventiveness - The New York Times
  8. The 24th International Tournee Of Animation|TV Guide
  9. Boards of Canada – "Mukinabaht" fan video on YouTube
  10. "Oneohtrix Point Never – R Plus Seven". Discogs. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
  • Olivier Cotte (2004) Georges Schwizgebel, animated paintings, Éditions Heuwinkel, ISBN 3-906410-18-8
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