Jonathan Laskar

Compositor, Animator, Editor, Director, Screenwriter, Sound Designer, Composer

Born in 1978, Jonathan Laskar studied Visual Arts at the University of Aix-Marseille and classical double bass at the Conservatory of Aix-en-Provence. In 2000 he moved to Weimar, to study architecture at the Bauhaus-University. After a few years of professional experience as an architect in Basel, he studied animation at HSLU (Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst), where he obtained a Master’s degree with his graduation film FROM EARTH AND INK (2013). Since 2013 he lives in Geneva and works as an independent animation filmmaker. After having collaborated on several films in various studios, he directed with THE RECORD (2022) his debut film.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2022
The Record by Jonathan Laskar
2018
Around the Stairway by Georges Schwizgebel, Jonathan Laskar, Delia Hess, Camille Müller, Charlotte Waltert, Elena Madrid, Gabriel Möhring, Sophie Laskar-Haller, Anja Sidler, Vladislav Lukyantsev
2013
De terre et d'encre by Jonathan Laskar

Screenwriter

2022
The Record by Jonathan Laskar
2013
De terre et d'encre by Jonathan Laskar

Editor

2022
The Record by Jonathan Laskar
2016
Le fil d'Ariane by Claude Luyet
2013
De terre et d'encre by Jonathan Laskar

Composer

2022
The Record by Jonathan Laskar

Animator

2022
The Record by Jonathan Laskar
2019
Newspaper News by Sophie Laskar-Haller
2017
Le vent dans les roseaux by Nicolas Liguori, Arnaud Demuynck
2013
De terre et d'encre by Jonathan Laskar

Compositor

2023
D'une peinture… à l'autre by Georges Schwizgebel
2022
Lucky Man by Claude Luyet
2020
Darwin's Notebook by Georges Schwizgebel
2019
Newspaper News by Sophie Laskar-Haller
2018
Around the Stairway by Georges Schwizgebel, Jonathan Laskar, Delia Hess, Camille Müller, Charlotte Waltert, Elena Madrid, Gabriel Möhring, Sophie Laskar-Haller, Anja Sidler, Vladislav Lukyantsev
2017
La bataille de San Romano by Georges Schwizgebel
2016
Le fil d'Ariane by Claude Luyet

Sound Designer

2022
The Record by Jonathan Laskar
2013
De terre et d'encre by Jonathan Laskar