Raoul Servais (born 1 May 1928) is a

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filmmaker, animator, and comics artist. He was born in

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, and is a fundamental figure of the Belgian animation scene, as well as the founder of the animation faculty of the

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. Servais received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Festival of Animated Film -

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in 2016. He is best known for the 1979 animated film, ''

Harpya ''Harpya'' is a 1979 Belgian short comedy horror film written and directed by Raoul Servais, which tells the story of a man (portrayed by ) who tries to live with a harpy (portrayed by Fran Waller Zeper), a mythical being that is half woman an ...

''. At the

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, he received an Honorary Magritte Award from the

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Filmography

* 1960: ''Harbour Lights'' (Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent) * 1963: ' * 1965: ' * 1968: ''

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'' * 1969: ''Goldframe'' * 1970: ''To Speak or Not to Speak'' * 1971: ''Operation X-70'' * 1973: ''Pegasus'' * 1976: ''Halewyn's Song'' * 1979: ''

'' (

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for ''Best Short Film'' at the

1979 Cannes Film Festival The 32nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 10 to 24 May 1979. The Palme d'Or went to ''Apocalypse Now'' by Francis Ford Coppola, which was screened as a work in progress, and '' Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum)'' by Volker Schlöndorff. The fest ...

) * 1994: '' Taxandria'' (Diploma of Merit at the 4th

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4. Kecskeméti Animációs Filmfesztivál 1. Nemzetközi Animációs Játékfilm Fesztivál)''. Kecskeméti Animáció Film Fesztivál. 1996
/ref> * 1998: ' * 2001: ' * 2005: ''

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'' (3' sequence) * 2016: ''Tank'' Willy Bosschem - Raoul Servais

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* * Belgian animators Belgian film directors Belgian comics artists 1928 births Belgian animated film directors Belgian animated film producers Flemish film people International Animated Film Association Living people Artists from Ostend Members of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts Magritte Award winners {{animator-stub

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