Claude Barras

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.

Cast

Making of the Genie in a Ravioli Can

Self

Crew

You're Not the One I Expected

Director

Monsieur l'assassin X

Producer

Impostor

Producer, Modeling

Sainte Barbe

Producer, Director

Land of the Heads

Director, Executive Producer

Savages

Writer, Director, Editor

Banquise

Director, Animation

The Genie in a Tin of Ravioli

Director, Screenplay

Spud

Screenplay, Director

Room 69

Executive Producer, Director

Animatou

Animation, Director, Director of Photography

My Life as a Zucchini

Director, Co-Writer

Ever Since, I Have Been Flying

Consulting Producer

The Girl and the Hunter

Producer