Gérard Zingg (7 June 1942 – 27 July 2021) was a French painter, screenwriter, and film director.
[1] Zingg studied cinema at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques.
He subsequently planned to direct the film L'Autobus de la haine, which was based on a comic strip by Fred, although it was never created.
In 1998, he directed Ada dans la jungle [fr], a Franco-Ivorian film based on a comic of the same name by Francesco Tullio Altan.
Along with his film career, Zingg dedicated himself to painting and exhibited his works in France and abroad.