title: Bill Paterson (actor)
Oriental Tales
Robert Buchanan (actor)
Les Maîtres du temps
Fantastic Planet
René Laloux
Local Hero
Bill Forsyth
That Sinking Feeling
Gandahar (film)
sentences: Bill Paterson (born 3 June 1945) is a Scottish actor and commentator, best known for playing the lead role in the BBC One paranormal, mystery drama Sea of Souls between 2004 & 2007.
 He also played the lead in the Bill Forsyth movie Comfort and Joy in 1984.
 In 2010, he appeared in one episode of Doctor Who, entitled "Victory of the Daleks".
Oriental Tales (French: Nouvelles orientales ) is a 1938 short story collection by the French writer Marguerite Yourcenar.
 The stories share a self-consciously mythological form; some are based on pre-existing myths and legends, while some are new.
 The story "How Wang-Fo Was Saved" was adapted into an animated short film by René Laloux in the 1980s.
Robert "Rab" Buchanan (born 9 March 1962 in Glasgow) is a former Scottish actor, most famous for playing in three films by director Bill Forsyth: "That Sinking Feeling" (1979), "Gregory's Girl" (1981), and "Comfort and Joy" (1984).
 Buchanan, like other young actors in these films, had come to the notice of Forsyth while at the former Glasgow Youth Theatre.
 After these films Buchanan quit acting and now works on the technical staff at Tolbooth Theatre in Stirling, Scotland.
Les Maîtres du temps (lit.
 "The Masters of Time", a.k.a. "Time Masters", "Az idő urai" in Hungarian) is a 1982 Franco-Hungarian animated science fiction feature film directed by René Laloux and designed by Mœbius.
 It is based on the 1958 science fiction novel "L'Orphelin de Perdide" ("The Orphan of Perdide") by Stefan Wul.
Fantastic Planet (French: La Planète sauvage , Czech: Divoká planeta , lit.
 "The Wild Planet") is a 1973 animated science fiction film directed by René Laloux and written by Laloux and Roland Topor.
 Topor also completed the film's production design and it was animated at Jiří Trnka Studio in Prague.
 The film was an international co-production between companies from France and Czechoslovakia.
 The allegorical story, about humans living on a strange planet dominated by giant humanoid aliens who consider them animals, is based on the 1957 novel "Oms en série" by French writer Stefan Wul.
René Laloux (July 13, 1929 – March 14, 2004) was a French animator and film director.
Local Hero is a 1983 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and starring Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay, and Burt Lancaster.
 Produced by David Puttnam, the film is about an American oil company representative who is sent to the fictional village of Ferness on the west coast of Scotland to purchase the town and surrounding property for his company.
 For his work on the film, Forsyth won the 1984 BAFTA Award for Best Direction.
William David "Bill" Forsyth (born 29 July 1946) is a Scottish film director and writer known for his films "Gregory's Girl" (1981), "Local Hero" (1983), and "Comfort and Joy" (1984).
That Sinking Feeling is a 1979 comedy film written and directed by Bill Forsyth, his first film as a director.
 The film is set in his home city, Glasgow, Scotland.
 The young actors in film were members of the Glasgow Youth Theatre.
 The film also features Richard Demarco, the Edinburgh gallery owner, playing himself.
 The four main actors went on to feature in Forsyth's following film "Gregory's Girl".
Gandahar is a 1988 French animated science fantasy film.
 The original version was directed by René Laloux, and was based on Jean-Pierre Andrevon's novel "Les Hommes-machines contre Gandahar" ("The Machine-Men versus Gandahar").

Question: Question: Which director was also an animator, Bill Forsyth or René Laloux? 

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 Oriental Tales (French: Nouvelles orientales ) is a 1938 short story collection by the French writer Marguerite Yourcenar.
 The stories share a self-consciously mythological form; some are based on pre-existing myths and legends, while some are new.
 The story "How Wang-Fo Was Saved" was adapted into an animated short film by René Laloux in the 1980s. 

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 Les Maîtres du temps (lit.
 "The Masters of Time", a.k.a. "Time Masters", "Az idő urai" in Hungarian) is a 1982 Franco-Hungarian animated science fiction feature film directed by René Laloux and designed by Mœbius.
 It is based on the 1958 science fiction novel "L'Orphelin de Perdide" ("The Orphan of Perdide") by Stefan Wul. 

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 Fantastic Planet (French: La Planète sauvage , Czech: Divoká planeta , lit.
 "The Wild Planet") is a 1973 animated science fiction film directed by René Laloux and written by Laloux and Roland Topor.
 Topor also completed the film's production design and it was animated at Jiří Trnka Studio in Prague.
 The film was an international co-production between companies from France and Czechoslovakia.
 The allegorical story, about humans living on a strange planet dominated by giant humanoid aliens who consider them animals, is based on the 1957 novel "Oms en série" by French writer Stefan Wul. 

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 René Laloux (July 13, 1929 – March 14, 2004) was a French animator and film director. 

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 Local Hero is a 1983 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and starring Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay, and Burt Lancaster.
 Produced by David Puttnam, the film is about an American oil company representative who is sent to the fictional village of Ferness on the west coast of Scotland to purchase the town and surrounding property for his company.
 For his work on the film, Forsyth won the 1984 BAFTA Award for Best Direction. 

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 William David "Bill" Forsyth (born 29 July 1946) is a Scottish film director and writer known for his films "Gregory's Girl" (1981), "Local Hero" (1983), and "Comfort and Joy" (1984). 

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 That Sinking Feeling is a 1979 comedy film written and directed by Bill Forsyth, his first film as a director.
 The film is set in his home city, Glasgow, Scotland.
 The young actors in film were members of the Glasgow Youth Theatre.
 The film also features Richard Demarco, the Edinburgh gallery owner, playing himself.
 The four main actors went on to feature in Forsyth's following film "Gregory's Girl". 

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 Gandahar is a 1988 French animated science fantasy film.
 The original version was directed by René Laloux, and was based on Jean-Pierre Andrevon's novel "Les Hommes-machines contre Gandahar" ("The Machine-Men versus Gandahar"). 

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Answer: René Laloux