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.
Claude Barras Biography / Wiki
| Name | Claude Barras |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Directing |
| Place of Birth | Sierre, Switzerland |
| Date of Birth | 1973-01-19 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 49 |
| Deathday |
Claude Barras Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Sainte Barbe | Director | 2007-03-28 | Little bald Léon loves his grandfather. He loves the old man’s bushy black beard, which seems endowed with magic powers…. |
| Land of the Heads | Director | 2009-01-01 | Emile is an unhappy little vampire, doing a job he detests, in a world plunged into perpetual gloom. He serves a despotic mistress who loathes wrinkle… |
| The Genie in a Tin of Ravioli | Director | 2005-04-10 | Armand works on the assembly-line of a tinned pasta factory. One evening he opens up a tin of ravioli for dinner. Much to his surprise, a Genie jumps … |
| Banquise | Director | 2005-01-27 | Short film shown in Cannes…. |
| My Life as a Zucchini | Director | 2016-09-22 | After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orp… |
| Sauvages ! | Director | Kéria (11), a vivid indigenous girl, finds an orphaned baby orang-outan, Oshi in the jungle of Borneo. To keep him safe she brings him to a close-by … | |
| Room 69 | Director | 2012-04-01 | A roads leads through a barren desert landscape. A car parks in front of a motel. A man with a box under his arm gets out and storms into room 69…… |
| Spud | Director | 2006-10-18 | … |
| You’re Not the One I Expected | Director | When Julien discovers that his newborn daughter, Rose, carries an undiagnosed down syndrome, his entire world collapses. How can he cope with his daug… | |
Claude Barras Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Sainte Barbe | Producer | 2007-03-28 | Little bald Léon loves his grandfather. He loves the old man’s bushy black beard, which seems endowed with magic powers…. |
| The Girl and the Hunter | Producer | 2010-10-01 | … |
| Monsieur l’assassin X | Producer | 2013-04-17 | Linda is a little girl rejected by other children and by her family. She lives in a small town where a serial killer is prowling. But one day, she see… |
| Impostor | Producer | 2014-05-27 | … |
| Land of the Heads | Executive Producer | 2009-01-01 | Emile is an unhappy little vampire, doing a job he detests, in a world plunged into perpetual gloom. He serves a despotic mistress who loathes wrinkle… |
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| My Life as a Zucchini | Co-Writer | 2016-09-22 | After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orp… |
| The Genie in a Tin of Ravioli | Screenplay | 2005-04-10 | Armand works on the assembly-line of a tinned pasta factory. One evening he opens up a tin of ravioli for dinner. Much to his surprise, a Genie jumps … |
| Spud | Screenplay | 2006-10-18 | … |
| Sauvages ! | Writer | Kéria (11), a vivid indigenous girl, finds an orphaned baby orang-outan, Oshi in the jungle of Borneo. To keep him safe she brings him to a close-by … | |
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