Claude Barras

Claude Barras is an animated film director from Valais.

After completing an apprenticeship as a civil engineering draughtsman, he studied illustration at the École Emile Cohl in Lyon, followed by computer-generated imagery at the École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL).

In particular, he was involved in the creation of the animated film Max et Co by Samuel and Frédéric Guillaume before embarking on his own projects.

Following the phenomenal success of My Life as a Courgette (2016), he repeated the feat of filling cinemas with Sauvage (2024).