Raoul Servais (1 May 1928 – 17 March 2023) was a Belgian filmmaker, animator and comics artist.[1] He was born in Ostend, Belgium, and is a fundamental figure of the Belgian animation scene, as well as the founder of the animation faculty of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK).[2]
Servais was best known for the animated film, Harpya, for which he won a Palme d'Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.[3] Servais received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb in 2016.[4] At the 9th Magritte Awards, he received an Honorary Magritte Award from the Académie André Delvaux.
In total, Servais won about 60 film prizes. Homages with retrospectives were organized in Paris, Madrid, Istanbul, Montreal, New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Rio de Janeiro and St Petersburg.[5]
Servais died at his home in Leffinge on 17 March 2023, at the age of 94.[6]
^Lenburg, Jeff (2006). "Servais, Raoul". Who's Who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television's Award-Winning and Legendary Animators. New York: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. pp. 314–316. ISBN 978-1-55783-671-7.
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^"Raoul Servais overleden, internationaal gelauwerde pionier van de Belgische animatiefilm". VRT (in Dutch). 20 March 2023.
^Raoul Servais (94) overleden, internationaal geprezen pionier van de animatiefilm die onder meer Gouden Palm won
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