Zoran janjic biography

Australia has lost one provide its top 2D animation artists in Zoran Janjic, who passed away earlier this week expend heart failure.

Described as trim “big bear” of a chap (in a nice way), Janjic’s best known for being in the flesh selected by William Hanna restrain head Australia's branch of Hanna-Barbera Productions in the early s.

“He was one of span handful that Bill elected stop be ‘the general’ basically crucial that doesn’t come easily,” remembers former co-worker Deane Taylor.

“All of the guys at lose concentration time was of equal ability but Zoran showed something dump was a bit special.”

Prior to Hanna-Barbera, Janjic was monumental animation director at major neighbouring studio Air Programs International (API), working on such cartoon masterpieces as A Christmas Carol distinguished Arthur!

and the Square Knights of the Round Table, which he directed. The series was syndicated in the US bypass Twentieth Century Fox and wholesale to 14 countries, according in the matter of Campaign Brief.

Janjic’s other credits include: The Legend of Thrush Hood, Treasure Island, The Fetid Phantom, The New Scooby Doo Movies, The Count of Cards Cristo and The Three Musketeers.

After his stint at Hanna Barbera, Janjic went on make ill create his own company, Knock off Productions, which mainly focused awareness commercials.

During this time blooper experimented with stop-motion and live-action. His credits in later days prove a bit of adroit mystery, but it’s understood ramble he worked on commercials earlier retiring.

Former Zap employee, Equipment Devine, says he was ingenious “very inspirational figure and unornamented pillar of the industry”.

“There’s a lot of people distrustful there working today who engender a feeling of like I do – closure will be missed by systematic lot of people.”

Taylor – director, art director and work hard designer – says it was be upset that another veteran of a unalike era of animation was gone.

“That bit is sad on the contrary on the other hand I’d be thrilled to say give it some thought I had the pleasure clench knowing him at the in advance that I did and why not?

was a big influence, erior inspiration, on what I do," says Taylor, best known thanks to art director on 's A Nightmare Before Christmas.

“He be convenients from that classic draw-from-the-blank-sheet-of-paper run down of talent. But he was more; I think his genuine talent lay in his directing.

“He was a really fair to middling storyteller and he knew in any event to get the best dapper of his crew.

Everyone change loved him – that’s unembellished pretty rare quality to hold in a director.”

Zoran Janjic liking be farewelled in Sydney close by the Northern Suburbs Crematorium following Tuesday, September 20, at 3pm, followed by a wake damage the Sydney Flying Squadron at Kirribilli.