Edouard Getaz

Edouard Gétaz
Edouard Getaz in 2014
Born	(1973-09-07) September 7, 1973 Lausanne
Nationality	Swiss
Occupation	Entrepreneur, Theatrical producer, Filmmaker
Years active	1983-present
Website	http://www.incopix.com/edouard-getaz

Edouard Gétaz ([ɡəˈta]; born September 7, 1973) is a Swiss entrepreneur, theatrical producer and filmmaker. He develops and produces operas, films, interactive projects, music festivals, fashion shows,^[1] concerts and historical celebrations.^[2]

Biography

Edouard Gétaz was born in 1973 in Lausanne, Switzerland. In the mid-90s, Gétaz produced one of the first live Internet streaming events for the Montreux Jazz Festival.^[3] In 1998 he co-founded Creatives, an events and communications agency in Switzerland.^[4]

In 2004 Gétaz moved to New York and founded the production company Incopix and co-founded Giants Are Small.

Gétaz holds a law degree from Fribourg University, Switzerland, and studied film directing and production at New York University.^[5]

Stage productions

Together with Doug Fitch and Frederic Gumy, Gétaz co-founded Giants Are Small,^[6] where he produced:

• Peter and the Wolf in Hollywood based on Prokofiev's classic with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2008
• Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre with the New York Philharmonic in 2010^[7]
• Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen with the New York Philharmonic in 2011^[8]
• A Dancer's Dream,^[9][10] a ballet production with the New York Philharmonic, based on Stravinsky works, at the Avery Fisher Hall in 2013; also filmed are released as A Dancer's Dream: Two Works by Stravinsky by SpectiCast.^[11][12]
• HK Gruber's Gloria - A Pig Tale with the New York Philharmonic at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2014^[13][14]
• Stravinsky's Petrushka with the New York Philharmonic at the Barbican, 2015;^[15] Edouard Getaz also credited as video director.^[16][17][18]

In May 2014 Edouard Gétaz and Giants Are Small produced Dada Bomb as part of Zürich Meets New York: A Festival of Swiss Ingenuity, organized the Swiss Consulate in New York.^[19][20][21]

Film, Video, Multimedia

Gétaz has directed a number of films and videos:

• Inside Risk (2016), co-directed with Andrei Severny
• Virgin Red (2005)^[22] premiered at the Locarno Film Festival.^[23]
• Freud’s Magic Powder (2009),^[24][25][26] co-produced by the Swiss National Television^[27] premiered at the Locarno Film Festival.^[28]
• Proud/Citibank (2011) / Music video

Produced for Citibank’s 200th anniversary by public relations agency Ruder Finn, directed by Edouard Getaz, music produced by Marius de Vries; winner, PR Week “Employee Communications Campaign of the Year”;^[29][30] winner, Silver Stevie.^[31]

• Stravinsky's Petrushka with the New York Philharmonic at the Barbican, 2015; Edouard Getaz credited as producer and video director.^[32][33][34]
• Peter and the Wolf in Hollywood (2015), interactive app, CD, and digital album, co-produced with Universal Music and its classical music label Deutsche Grammophon; Edouard Getaz producer, co-director, video director, and sound designer; narrators Alice Cooper, Campino, and Paul Haenen.^{[35][36][37][38]}

References

External links

• 2013 interview of Edouard Gétaz on the Swiss National Radio (in French)
• 2009 interview of Edouard Gétaz on the Swiss National Radio (in French)
• Edouard Gétaz at the Internet Movie Database
• Incopix, production company founded by Edouard Gétaz
• Giants Are Small, theater production company co-founded by Edouard Gétaz

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