Claude Barras
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 19, 1973
- Place of birth
- Sierre, Valais, Switzerland
Biography
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.
Movies with Claude Barras
- Savages 2024 · ★ 6.9
- Making of the Genie in a Ravioli Can 2007
Movies directed by Claude Barras
- My Life as a Zucchini 2016 · ★ 7.8
- Savages 2024 · ★ 6.9
- Sainte Barbe 2007 · ★ 4.2
- Land of the Heads 2009 · ★ 4.6
- The Genie in a Tin of Ravioli 2005 · ★ 6.9
- Banquise 2005 · ★ 6.0
- Spud 2006 · ★ 7.0
- Animatou 2007
- Room 69 2012