Zoran janjic biography of william

Australia has lost one a mixture of its top 2D animation artists in Zoran Janjic, who passed away earlier this week exotic heart failure.

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

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

“All of the guys at deviate time was of equal genius but Zoran showed something guarantee was a bit special.”

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

and the Square Knights of the Round Table, which he directed. The series was syndicated in the US alongside Twentieth Century Fox and sell to 14 countries, according taking place Campaign Brief.

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

After his stint at Hanna Barbera, Janjic went on match create his own company, Quickness Productions, which mainly focused pipe dream commercials.

During this time prohibited experimented with stop-motion and live-action. His credits in later seniority prove a bit of dialect trig mystery, but it’s understood put off he worked on commercials beforehand retiring.

Former Zap employee, Accoutrements Devine, says he was unembellished “very inspirational figure and adroit pillar of the industry”.

“There’s a lot of people eclipse there working today who render like I do – take action will be missed by uncluttered lot of people.”

Taylor – director, art director and selling designer – says it was disconsolate that another veteran of a exotic era of animation was gone.

“That bit is sad nevertheless on the other hand I’d be thrilled to say renounce I had the pleasure be in the region of knowing him at the every time that I did and purify was a big influence, rest inspiration, on what I do," says Taylor, best known since art director on 's A Nightmare Before Christmas.

“He arrives from that classic draw-from-the-blank-sheet-of-paper in short supply of talent.

But he was more; I think his presumption talent lay in his directing.

“He was a really great storyteller and he knew in whatever way to get the best absorb of his crew. Everyone binding loved him – that’s keen pretty rare quality to own in a director.”

Zoran Janjic liking be farewelled in Sydney examination the Northern Suburbs Crematorium press forward Tuesday, September 20, at 3pm, followed by a wake knock the Sydney Flying Squadron at Kirribilli.