Midhat Ajanovic - Ajan is an author and film maker born in Sarajevo (Bosnia) in 1959. He studied journalism in Sarajevo and film animation in Zagreb (Croatia). Between 1984 and 1992 he directed seven animated short films.
Since 1994 he is living in Gothenburg (Sweden) where he studied film studies.
He teaches animation at various Swedish film schools and writes regularly about film and animation in the Swedish second-largest daily Göteborg-Posten.
He has published many books in various genres and in several languages. Some of his books deal with history and theory of animated film. His two most recent books are De visuella tonsättarna (“Composers of the visual”, Optimal Press, Gothenburg 2005) in Swedish and Animazione e relismo (Animation and Realism”, Cuem, Milan, 2006) in Italian.
He worked as the organizer and artistic director of the festivals in Podgorica (Montenegro), Zagreb (Croatia) and Eksjö (Sweden) and was the member of many internationally juries.
He also did some work in the field of literature, journalism and newspaper’s cartoons. For his work, he got various rewards at significant festivals and exhibition world-wide.
Since 1994 he is living in Gothenburg (Sweden) where he studied film studies.
He teaches animation at various Swedish film schools and writes regularly about film and animation in the Swedish second-largest daily Göteborg-Posten.
He has published many books in various genres and in several languages. Some of his books deal with history and theory of animated film. His two most recent books are De visuella tonsättarna (“Composers of the visual”, Optimal Press, Gothenburg 2005) in Swedish and Animazione e relismo (Animation and Realism”, Cuem, Milan, 2006) in Italian.
He worked as the organizer and artistic director of the festivals in Podgorica (Montenegro), Zagreb (Croatia) and Eksjö (Sweden) and was the member of many internationally juries.
He also did some work in the field of literature, journalism and newspaper’s cartoons. For his work, he got various rewards at significant festivals and exhibition world-wide.