Iordanis Ananiadis

Biography

Jordan Ananiadis (Greek: Ιορδάνης Ανανιάδης) was born in 1944 in Thessaloniki. He has studied Painting, Decoration, and Advertising. He started making animation films in 1966 and keeps up tirelessly to this day. The work of this pioneer has been awarded many times, both in Greece (winning multiple prizes and distinctions in Thessaloniki Film Festival and Drama International Short Film Festival, or State Quality Awards from the Ministry of Culture) and abroad (awards by EEC Member-States and in international festivals such as in Bilbão, Spain, and Lucca, Italy.). He has taught for ten consecuti…