Born in Reconvillier, Switzerland in 1944, Georges Schwizgebel is one of the most prominent figures in contemporary animated film. He is the sole author of around twenty short films, and his works have received many awards, notably at Cannes, Annecy, Zagreb, Hiroshima, Stuttgart, Ottawa and Espinho. Two of his films—78 tours (1985) and La course à l’abîme (1992)—are on the Annecy festival’s list of the world’s most influential animated films, published in 2006. Though he first used the rotoscoping technique (Perspectives, 1975 ; Hors-jeu, 1977) Schizgebel gradually abandonned it in favour of a more unrestricted drawing, characterized by gestural colour application and frequent use of geometric constructions (Fugue, 1998; La jeune fille et les nuages, 2000).