CURRICULUM VITAE
Georges Schwizgebel
Born in Reconvilier (Bern, Switzerland)
on Sept. 28 1944
Married, two children, Swiss. In Geneva since 1951
Current address : Ancienne 16, 1227 Carouge, Switzerland
Phone: 022 342 72 36 Fax: 022 300 00 71
- 1961-1965 Art School and College of Decorative Arts, Geneva
- 1966-1970 Advertising agency in Geneva
- 1970 Starts as an independent ; opening of the GDS Studio with Claude LUYET and Daniel SUTER. Works on TV titles, posters, advertising drawings and short animated films.
- 1973 & 1974 Grant "Bourse LISSIGNOL"
- 1983-1984 One year scholarship at the Fudan University in Shanghai to study Chinese language
- 1986 Exhibition of Studio GDS in Musée Gruyerien, Bulle
- 1987 Retrospective in Nürenberg
- 1992 Set for the "Children's King",
Théâtre du loup, La Comédie, Geneva
Fresco on a Building-House in Geneva
Exhibition of Studio GDS in Galerie Papiers Gras, Geneva - 1994 Exhibition and retrospective in stuttgart
- 1995 Retrospective in Tokyo, Osaka and Paris
Exhibition in Galerie Papiers Gras, Geneva - 1996 Exhibition in Jardin Botanique and Galerie Papiers Gras, Geneva
Filmography
- 1970 PATCHWORK, 35 mm, 18' (collaboration)
Mention at the Annecy Festival - 1974 THE FLIGHT OF ICARUS, 35 mm, 3'
Grant from OFC (Office fédéral de la culture), awarded at the Zagreb and Soleure Festivals - 1975 PERSPECTIVES, 35 mm, 1'30
Grant from OFC, awarded at the Soleur Festival - 1977 OFF-SIDE, 35mm. 6'
Awarded at the Bucuramanga Festival (Columbia) - 1982 THE RAVISHING OF FRANK N. STEIN,
35 mm, 9'30
Grant from OFC, awarded at the Soleure, Berlin, Zagreb, Chicago and Athens Film Festivals - 1985 78 R.P.M., 35 mm, 4'
Grant from OFC, awarded at the Soleure, Bonn and Los Angeles Festivals, first prize in Valladolid, grand prize in Stuttgart and
and Treviso Festival - 1986 NAKOUNINE, 16 mm, 6'
- 1987 ACEDEMY LEADER VARIATIONS, 35 mm, 6'30 (col. with 20 animators) Awarded at the Cannes and Espinho Festivals
- 1989 THE SUBJECT OF THE PICTURE, 35 mm,
6'10
Grant from OFC, awarded at the Annecy, Varna, Soleure, Bourg- en-Bresse and Shanghai Festivals - 1992 THE RIDE TO THE ABYSS, 35 mm, 4'30 Grant from OFC, awarded at the Zagreb, Hiroshima, Espinho, Soleure, Oberhausen, Vila do Conde, Montecatini and Kiev Festivals
- 1995 THE YEAR OF THE DEER, 35 mm, 5'15
First prize cat. A in Zagreb and grand prize in Espinho Festivals - 1996 CYCLADES, vidéo, 25' (collaboration
with Claude Luyet)
ZIG ZAG, 35 mm, 36 sec. Mention at the Holland Animatio Film Festival
