Born in Belgrade in 1934, Ante Zaninovič worked on 21 animated films between 1961 and 1991. He directed eight films, including The Wall (1966), A Purposeless Story (1966) and Result (1966), and collaborated on the making of the cult animated TV series Professor Balthazar (1967–1978). Zaniovič directed the short film Hypnotism (00:29:01–00:30:53) for the NFB and Zagreb Film’s omnibus work Man the Polluter.