Claude Barras

Known for DirectingBorn 1973-01-19 (age 53)Sierre, Valais, Switzerland

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.Read more

Movies & web series

My Life as a Zucchini

Savages

The Girl and the Hunter

Spud

The Genie in a Tin of Ravioli

Banquise

Impostor

Land of the Heads

Sainte Barbe

Ever Since, I Have Been Flying

Monsieur l'assassin X

Room 69

Making of the Genie in a Ravioli Can

Animatou

You're Not the One I Expected

Ulis