FILM DIRECTOR

Raoul Servais

1928 - 2023

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Raoul Servais (1 May 1928 – 17 March 2023) was a Belgian filmmaker, animator and comics artist. 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).Servais was best known for the animated film, Harpya, for which he won a Palme d'Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. Servais received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb in 2016. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raoul Servais has received more than 43,428 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Raoul Servais is the 649th most popular film director (up from 869th in 2019), the 455th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 521st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Belgian Film Director.

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  • 52.24

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.73

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  • 1.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Raoul Servais by language

Over the past year Raoul Servais has had the most page views in the with 4,573 views, followed by Dutch (3,045), and French (2,443). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chinese (178.20%), Catalan (70.66%), and Finnish (38.17%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Raoul Servais ranks 649 out of 2,041. Before him are Aleksandr Ptushko, David Zucker, Sergio Sollima, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Rob Cohen, and Francis Lawrence. After him are Carmine Gallone, Nancy Meyers, Géza von Radványi, Lawrence Kasdan, Mario Salieri, and Rob Marshall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Raoul Servais ranks 266. Before him are Pilar Lorengar, Maynard Ferguson, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Hubert Selby Jr., Warren Oates, and Paul Johnson. After him are Amata Kabua, Levko Lukianenko, Joan Martí i Alanis, Sven Davidson, William Martínez, and Karl Mai. Among people deceased in 2023, Raoul Servais ranks 277. Before him are Gennady Zhidko, Michel Deville, George Pell, Francisco J. Ayala, Duško Gojković, and Paul Johnson. After him are Terry Dischinger, Veniamin Soldatenko, Trevor Francis, John Pilger, Deniz Baykal, and Angel Wagenstein.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Raoul Servais ranks 455 out of 1,190. Before him are Adriaen Isenbrandt (1490), René Vandereycken (1953), Katherine Swynford (1350), Maurice Peeters (1882), Corneille Guillaume Beverloo (1922), and Louis Gallait (1810). After him are Constant Permeke (1886), Hélène Dutrieu (1877), Adrien-François Servais (1807), Adrian Carton de Wiart (1880), Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1830), and Bobbejaan Schoepen (1925).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Belgium

Among film directors born in Belgium, Raoul Servais ranks 6. Before him are Agnès Varda (1928), Chantal Akerman (1950), Jacques Feyder (1885), André Delvaux (1926), and Jaco Van Dormael (1957). After him are Ulu Grosbard (1929), Gérard Corbiau (1941), Benoît Lamy (1945), Felix van Groeningen (1977), Lukas Dhont (1991), and Joachim Lafosse (1975).

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Filmography

Sirene
Director
Monsterlike cranes reign over an inhospitable harbour as prehistorical reptiles. The only human being they accept is a lonesome fisherman. He is to witness a strange encounter between a ship's mate and a mermaid. Imagination or reality?
Jan 1o 19686.077 / 10
Chromophobia
Director
An invading army destroys all color in a harmless town and brings it in a state of depression. Then a jester arrives.
Sep 1o 19666.412 / 10
Harpy
Director
An unknowing man rescues a rather aggressive and demanding harpy.
May 1o 19796.388 / 10