Ante Zaninović
Visual Effects
Biography
Ante Zaninovic was born on 31 October 1934 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was a director and writer, known for Dezinfekcija (1976), Professor Balthazar (1967) and Dobro jutro sine (1978). He died on 27 August 2000 in Zagreb, Croatia.
Known For
A wall blocks the path of two people. One man submits, while the other refuses to admit defeat.
The Wall

A modern fairy tale about a beauty and a dragon.
Once Upon a Time...

A richly illustrated cartoon film that enlarges on man's capacity to foul his own nest, and to ignore it. Made by a joint team of Canadian and Yugoslav animation artists, the film transmits its warning with unflagging humor, imagination, movement and design. In between animated sequences Dr. Fred H. Knelman, Professor of Science and Human Affairs at Concordia University in Montréal, comments on the import of what is shown and on what lies in store if more responsibility is not taken on a global scale to conserve what is left of our vital resources and usable environment.
Man: The Polluter

"Don Kihot" is a satirical, Klee-esque meditation about Don Quijote in the contemporary militaristic and regimentistic world.
Don Quixote

A girl attempts to reach red apples from a tree. Aliens land on Earth and the girl offers them the fruits.
A Visit from Space

The film consists of several short stories. Between them, always the same leitmotif appears – a short joke with a different ending. The stories are always about absurd and ridiculous situations depicting the relationship between a man and birds.
Ornithology

Professor Balthazar rests in the mountains in the winter, and at the seaside in the summer, where he meets friends. His vacation is active. His ingenious invention will protect his friend Hans’s mountain village from an avalanche, which will in turn solve the problem of his other friend, from the coast.
Professor Balthazar: Some Like It Cold

Professor Balthazar goes on vacation to the South Sea where his friend Hannibal is a lighthouse keeper. Hannibal loves ice cream, difficult enough to find there. His request for transfer is denied until he can arrange a replacement: Johan the yodeler from the Alps.
Professor Balthazar: Lighthouse Keeping

Ante Zaninovic's story of a man's persistent battle with the forces of nature.