Claude Barras, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Claude Barras

Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1973

Place of Birth: Sierre, Canton of Valais, Switzerland

Profession: film director, film producer

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Claude Barras (born 1973) is a Swiss director. 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 official entry for the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
It was nominated.