Directing

Claude Barras

Born January 19, 1973 · Sierre, Valais, Switzerland (age 53)

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 Raviol…

Known For

My Life as a Zucchini

My Life as a Zucchini · 2016

My Life as a Zucchini

MovieAnimationComedy

After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.

Savages

Savages · 2024

MovieAnimationAdventure

In Borneo, near the tropical forest, Kéria rescues a baby orangutang in the palm oil plantation where her father works. Kéria's cousin Selaï comes to live with them seeking refuge from the conflict between his indigenous tribe and the logging companies. Kéria, Selaï and the little orangutang, now named Oshi, will have to fight against their forest’s destruction.

Land of the Heads

Land of the Heads · 2009

Land of the Heads

MovieAnimationFantasy

Emile is an unhappy little vampire, doing a job he detests, in a world plunged into perpetual gloom. He serves a despotic mistress who loathes wrinkles, in the most extreme way.

Room 69

Room 69 · 2012

A roads leads through a barren desert landscape. A car parks in front of a motel. A man with a box under his arm gets out and storms into room 69…

Animatou

Animatou · 2007

A cat and mouse chase through five different animation techniques.

Spud

Banquise

Banquise · 2005

Short film shown in Cannes.

Sainte Barbe

Sainte Barbe · 2007

Little bald Léon loves his grandfather. He loves the old man's bushy black beard, which seems endowed with magic powers.

Filmography

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My Life as a Zucchini

My Life as a Zucchini · 2016

My Life as a Zucchini

MovieAnimationComedy

After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.

Director

Savages

Savages · 2024

MovieAnimationAdventure

In Borneo, near the tropical forest, Kéria rescues a baby orangutang in the palm oil plantation where her father works. Kéria's cousin Selaï comes to live with them seeking refuge from the conflict between his indigenous tribe and the logging companies. Kéria, Selaï and the little orangutang, now named Oshi, will have to fight against their forest’s destruction.

Writer

Land of the Heads

Land of the Heads · 2009

Land of the Heads

MovieAnimationFantasy

Emile is an unhappy little vampire, doing a job he detests, in a world plunged into perpetual gloom. He serves a despotic mistress who loathes wrinkles, in the most extreme way.

Director

Room 69

Room 69 · 2012

A roads leads through a barren desert landscape. A car parks in front of a motel. A man with a box under his arm gets out and storms into room 69…

Executive Producer

Animatou

Animatou · 2007

A cat and mouse chase through five different animation techniques.

Animation

Spud

Screenplay

Banquise

Banquise · 2005

Short film shown in Cannes.

Director

Sainte Barbe

Sainte Barbe · 2007

Little bald Léon loves his grandfather. He loves the old man's bushy black beard, which seems endowed with magic powers.

Director

Impostor

Impostor · 2014

In a city at night, a human-shaped deer tries to steal a man's identity by taking his head off.

Producer

The Genie in a Tin of Ravioli

The Genie in a Tin of Ravioli · 2005

The Genie in a Tin of Ravioli

Armand works on the assembly-line of a tinned pasta factory. One evening he opens up a tin of ravioli for dinner. Much to his surprise, a Genie jumps forth, promising to fulfill any two wishes.

Director

Monsieur l'assassin X

Monsieur l'assassin X · 2013

Monsieur l'assassin X

MovieHorrorAnimation

Linda is a little girl rejected by other children and by her family. She lives in a small town where a serial killer is prowling. But one day, she sees a strange character on the street carrying a bag with an arm hanging out of it.

Producer

Ever Since, I Have Been Flying

Ever Since, I Have Been Flying · 2023

Ever Since, I Have Been Flying

MovieDocumentary

Vakıf, a 60-year-old Kurdish man who grew up in a nomadic tribe in the mountains of southeast Turkey, recalls moments from his youth that have shaped his life. He takes us back to his idyllic childhood with his mother, his first love found in a cotton field and lost in the woods, and the mistreatment suffered at the hands of the police, in a cold and dark place.

Consulting Producer

The Girl and the Hunter

The Girl and the Hunter · 2010

The Girl and the Hunter

It’s raining. A small village is in big trouble due to the incessant tears of a young girl.

Producer