Elie Chapuis

Animator, Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Copyright: Marco Jörger

Born in Lausanne (Switzerland) in 1980, he graduated from EMCA, École des Métiers du Cinéma d'Animation (France), in 2002. Since then, he has worked as a marionette animator for animated films. After starting his career on MAX & CO by Samuel and Frédéric Guillaume, he went on to work on MA VIE DE COURGETTE and SAUVAGES! by Claude Barras, as well as with Wes Anderson on FANTASTIC MR FOX and ISLE OF DOGS. In 2011 he joined the team at Hélium Films in Lausanne, where he made IMPOSTEUR and CANARD, his films as a director, and where he is developing his next projects.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2023
Canard by Elie Chapuis
2016
Vertico by Elie Chapuis, Lynn Devillaz
2013
Imposteur by Elie Chapuis

Screenwriter

2023
Canard by Elie Chapuis
2013
Imposteur by Elie Chapuis

Producer

2016
Vertico by Elie Chapuis, Lynn Devillaz
2013
De terre et d'encre by Jonathan Laskar

Animator

2024
Sauvages by Claude Barras
2023
Canard by Elie Chapuis
2022
Paolos Glück by Thorsten Drössler, Manuel Schroeder
2022
Interdit aux chiens et aux italiens by Alain Ughetto
2017
Le vent dans les roseaux by Nicolas Liguori, Arnaud Demuynck
2017
La femme canon by David Toutevoix, Albertine Zullo
2016
Ma vie de Courgette by Claude Barras
2015
Neige by Antoine Lanciaux, Sophie Roze
2013
Un enfant commode by Cédric Louis
2012
Monsieur l'assassin X by Antonio Veiras, Lynn Devillaz
2012
Chambre 69 by Claude Barras
2012
La nuit de l'ours by Samuel Guillaume, Frédéric Guillaume
2011
Je maudis ma nuit by Félicie Haymoz
2007
Sainte Barbe by Cédric Louis, Claude Barras
2007
Max & Co by Samuel Guillaume, Frédéric Guillaume
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