Marcel Barelli

Director, Screenwriter, Animator, Editor, Character Designer, Compositor, Cinematographer

Born in 1985 in Lodrino, Switzerland. Animation filmmaker. 2005-09 Attends HEAD-Genève (Haute école d’art et de design - Genève), cinema department. 2009 Receives degree from HEAD-Genève. He is passionate about animals and
nature, developing all his projects around these themes. His award-winning short films GYPAETUS HELVETICUS (2011), VIGIA (2013) and LUCENS (2015) became huge festival hits and received numerous prizes at prestigious international festivals. He is one of Switzerland’s most successful animation filmmakers and specialises in anidocs.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2024
Mary Anning by Marcel Barelli
2022
Autosaurus Rex by Marcel Barelli
2021
Dans la nature by Marcel Barelli
2018
Uno strano processo by Marcel Barelli
2017
Ralph et les dinosaures by Marcel Barelli
2016
Habitat by Marcel Barelli
2015
Lucens by Marcel Barelli
2013
Vigia by Marcel Barelli
2011
Gypaetus Helveticus by Marcel Barelli
2009
Peripheria by Marcel Barelli
2008
Bianconero by Marcel Barelli
2008
No Penguin's Land by Marcel Barelli

Screenwriter

2024
Mary Anning by Marcel Barelli
2022
Autosaurus Rex by Marcel Barelli
2021
Dans la nature by Marcel Barelli
2018
Uno strano processo by Marcel Barelli
2017
Ralph et les dinosaures by Marcel Barelli
2016
Habitat by Marcel Barelli
2015
Lucens by Marcel Barelli
2013
Vigia by Marcel Barelli
2011
Gypaetus Helveticus by Marcel Barelli
2009
Peripheria by Marcel Barelli
2008
No Penguin's Land by Marcel Barelli

Cinematographer

2015
Lucens by Marcel Barelli

Editor

2022
Autosaurus Rex by Marcel Barelli
2021
Dans la nature by Marcel Barelli
2016
Habitat by Marcel Barelli
2015
Lucens by Marcel Barelli

Animator

2022
Autosaurus Rex by Marcel Barelli
2021
Dans la nature by Marcel Barelli
2018
Uno strano processo by Marcel Barelli
2016
Habitat by Marcel Barelli
2013
Vigia by Marcel Barelli
2011
Gypaetus Helveticus by Marcel Barelli
2009
Peripheria by Marcel Barelli
2008
No Penguin's Land by Marcel Barelli

Character Designer

2009
Peripheria by Marcel Barelli
2008
No Penguin's Land by Marcel Barelli
2018
Uno strano processo by Marcel Barelli

Compositor

2009
Peripheria by Marcel Barelli