
Known for
Directing
Born
January 19, 1973 (age 53)
Birthplace
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...
TBA
Director, Screenplay
TBA
Director
2024
as Mâle orange-outang (voice), Writer, Director, Editor
2023
Consulting Producer
2016
Director, Co-Writer
2014
Producer, Modeling
2013
Producer
2012
Executive Producer, Director
2010
Producer
2009
Director, Executive Producer
2007
2007
Director, Animation, Director of Photography
2007
Director, Producer
2006
Screenplay, Director
2005
Director, Screenplay
2005
Director, Animation