Georges Schwizgebel (b. 1944) is a

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whose paint-on-glass-animated 2004 film ''L'Homme sans ombre'' (''The Man With No Shadow'') won various awards.

Biography

Schwizgebel was born on 28 September 1944 in

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( Jura bernois), in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. From 1960-65 he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts et des Arts Décoratifs at

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. In 1970 he founded Studio GDS with Claude Luyet et Daniel Suter, where he produced and directed animated films as well as working in

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. From 1986 to 1995 he worked on retrospectives and exhibitions, among others, in

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and New York. In 2012, the artist donated some drawings on paper, paintings on cellulose (the customary technique of Schwizgebel) and pastels to the Swiss Film Archive, thus constituting the ''Georges Schwizgebel Papers''.

Accolades

He received the Swiss Film Prize twice: in 2002, for ''La jeune fille et les nuages'', and in 2016, for ''Erlkönig / Le roi des aulnes''. His film ''The Man With No Shadow'' was included in the Animation Show of Shows. His 2011 short film ''

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'', a co-production of the

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and two Swiss studios, won the Award for Best Animated Short at the 32nd Genie Awards. He is the recipient the 2015 ''Prix Culture et Société'' of the City of

and of the ''Prix d’honneur'' of Swiss Film Award 2018. In 2017, the

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awarded him a ''Cristal d'honneur'' for his entire career.

In popular culture

A recreation of a still from Schwizgebel's 1982 short film ''Le ravissement de Frank N. Stein'' by

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is featured on the front cover of

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's 2013 album '' R Plus Seven'', recreated with permission from the artist. In the video for his 2020 single, "Long Road Home", Oneohtrix Point Never once again pays homage to ''Le ravissement de Frank N. Stein''. A still image of the film was also uploaded to

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by musician

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in 2021.

Personal life

Schwizgebel lives in Geneva, is married and has two children. His son is classical pianist

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(b. 1987).

Selected filmography

* ''Le vol d’Icare'' (1974) * ''Perspectives'' (1975) * ''Hors-jeu'' (1977) * ''Le ravissement de Frank N. Stein'' (1982) * ''78 Tours'' (1985) * ''Nakounine'' (1986) * ''Le sujet du tableau'' (1989) * ''La course à l'abîme'' (''Ride to the Abyss'') (1992)The 24th International Tournee Of Animation, TV Guide
/ref> * ''L’année du daim'' (1995) * ''ZigZag'' (1996) * ''Fugue'' (1998) * ''La jeune fille et les nuages'' (2000) * ''The Man with No Shadow'' (2004) * '' Jeu'' (2006) * ''Retouches'' (2008) * ''

'' (2011) * ''Chemin Faisant'' (2012) * ''Erlkönig / Le roi des aulnes'' (2015) * ''La bataille de San Romano'' (2017)

References

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(2004) ''Georges Schwizgebel, animated paintings'', Éditions Heuwinkel,

External links

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G. Schwizgebel on the National Film Board of Canada web siteHome page at the National Film Board of Canada site for Schwizgebel's film, ''Jeu''
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