Larry Janiak (born 15 February 1938) is a Chicago filmmaker, animator
and designer. Janiak was born in Chicago, Illinois and attended Lane
Technical College Prep High School where he collaborated with Wayne
Boyer and Ronald Larson to create animated cartoon shorts. These high
school films were recognized by the Chicago Tribune, Hollywood and the
IIT Institute of Design. Janiak then attended the Institute of Design
and learned under the influence of László Moholy-Nagy's principles
of the "American Bauhaus". After school, Janiak began work in
advertising, where he employed these principles of design, and the
experimental practices he learned at Institute of Design in his
industrial filmmaking. Janiak not only made advertising films, he also
created documentaries, experimental films, animations, graphic design
pieces, and worked as a professor at the Institute of Design from 1968
to 1980. Much of his work was inspired by his spiritual practices with
the Vivekananda Vedanta Society in Chicago, which he was a member of
beginning in 1965.Larry Janiak was born on February 15, 1938 and grew
up in both the southwest and northwest side of Chicago. When Larry was
six, his family moved to a northwest neighborhood of Chicago, close to
the Indian Boundary Forest Preserve, the Che-Che-Pin-Qua Woods and the
Des Plaines River. Larry attended Lane Tech High School, where he
would begin filmmaking.At Lane Tech High School, Larry created cartoon
animations with Wayne Boyer and Ronald Larson, which would catch the
attention of the Chicago Tribune, and even Hollywood. The high school
students found inspiration in nature, experimenting with stop motion
photography in the nearby woods during their summers. They honed their
camera skills, and then began the process of creating drawn animation.
Their final project consisted of roughly 200,000 drawings. The
students showed their animations at various theaters and galleries in
the Chicago area; they were invited to Hollywood, where they met with
Walt Disney; and Janiak received the Scholastic magazine tuition
scholarship to attend the Institute of Design at the Illinois
Institute of Technology.At the Institute of Design, Larry was taught
printmaking by Misch Kohn, a world renowned artist whose etching and
prints were displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago, as well as in
Paris, Stockholm and London. While at I.D., Janiak worked for Richard
Kliedon Animation studio.
and designer. Janiak was born in Chicago, Illinois and attended Lane
Technical College Prep High School where he collaborated with Wayne
Boyer and Ronald Larson to create animated cartoon shorts. These high
school films were recognized by the Chicago Tribune, Hollywood and the
IIT Institute of Design. Janiak then attended the Institute of Design
and learned under the influence of László Moholy-Nagy's principles
of the "American Bauhaus". After school, Janiak began work in
advertising, where he employed these principles of design, and the
experimental practices he learned at Institute of Design in his
industrial filmmaking. Janiak not only made advertising films, he also
created documentaries, experimental films, animations, graphic design
pieces, and worked as a professor at the Institute of Design from 1968
to 1980. Much of his work was inspired by his spiritual practices with
the Vivekananda Vedanta Society in Chicago, which he was a member of
beginning in 1965.Larry Janiak was born on February 15, 1938 and grew
up in both the southwest and northwest side of Chicago. When Larry was
six, his family moved to a northwest neighborhood of Chicago, close to
the Indian Boundary Forest Preserve, the Che-Che-Pin-Qua Woods and the
Des Plaines River. Larry attended Lane Tech High School, where he
would begin filmmaking.At Lane Tech High School, Larry created cartoon
animations with Wayne Boyer and Ronald Larson, which would catch the
attention of the Chicago Tribune, and even Hollywood. The high school
students found inspiration in nature, experimenting with stop motion
photography in the nearby woods during their summers. They honed their
camera skills, and then began the process of creating drawn animation.
Their final project consisted of roughly 200,000 drawings. The
students showed their animations at various theaters and galleries in
the Chicago area; they were invited to Hollywood, where they met with
Walt Disney; and Janiak received the Scholastic magazine tuition
scholarship to attend the Institute of Design at the Illinois
Institute of Technology.At the Institute of Design, Larry was taught
printmaking by Misch Kohn, a world renowned artist whose etching and
prints were displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago, as well as in
Paris, Stockholm and London. While at I.D., Janiak worked for Richard
Kliedon Animation studio.
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