Claude Barras was born in 1973 in Sierre, Switzerland. He studied illustration and infography at École Emile Cohl in Lyon and graduated in anthropology and numerical images from Lyon. He also studied images of synthesis at the ECAL (École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne). Barras works as freelance illustrator and animations director in Geneva. My Life as a Zucchini, his debut feature co-written with Céline Sciamma, premiered in the 2016 Director’s Fortnight in Cannes and was selected in competition at the prestigious Annecy International Animation Festival, where it won the Audience Award and the Award for Best Feature Film. My Life as a Zucchini has received several more awards and nominations, including the César for best animated film and best adaptation in 2017, the Swiss Film Prize for Best Fiction Film and an Oscar-nomination for Best Animated Feature Film.
Brussels International Film Festival
