Person
Željko Senečić
Art · 1933–2018 · Zagreb, Croatia
Biography
Željko Senečić was a Croatian film and television production designer, film director and screenwriter. Senečić studied painting at the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts and scenography at the Zagreb Academy of Drama Arts. His career in filmmaking and production design began in the early 1960s. His most memorable films include the Palme d'Or and Academy Award-winning The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel, 1979; directed by Volker Schlöndorff and partially filmed in Zagreb, with Senečić credited as production co-designer) and classics of Croatian cinema such as Rondo (1966), One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away (Tko pjeva zlo ne misli, 1970). Senečić won four Golden Arena for Best Production Design awards, making him one of the most decorated production designers in Croatian cinema. He also co-wrote screenplays for films An Event (Događaj, 1969; directed by Vatroslav Mimica) and The House (Kuća, 1975; directed by Bogdan Žižić). Senečić also started directing short films in the late 1970s and then proceeded to make several feature films in the 1990s, such as Delusion (Zavaravanje, 1998) and Dubrovnik Twilight (Dubrovački suton, 1999).
Known for
Sucks
Director
Private Vices, Public Virtues
Production Design
Trieste, Yugoslavia
Himself
The Scene of the Crash
Set Designer
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
Art Direction
Love and Fashion
Art Direction
The Fed One
Production Design
Inspector Vinko
Writer
Rondo
Set Designer
Devil's Due
Production Design
Filmography
- 2017Trieste, YugoslaviaHimself
- 2012SucksDirector
- 2006Red and BlackWriter
- 1999Dubrovnik TwilightWriter
- 1998DelusionWriter
- 1997Pont NeufDirector
- 1991CharugaSlikar
- 1990Project AlienProduction Design
- 1988The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal MissionArt Direction
- 1987The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly MissionArt Direction
- 1985SuiciderProduction Design
- 1985Premeditated Love LettersProduction Design
- 1984Inspector VinkoWriter
- 1984Die Nacht der vier MondeArt Direction
- 1982CyclopsProduction Design
- 1980Ana and NivesProduction Designer
- 1979The Parting SongProduction Design
- 1979Slow MotionProduction Design
- 1979Devil's DueProduction Design
- 1977Either We Are or Aren'tWriter
- 1976Private Vices, Public VirtuesProduction Design
- 1976Motel MoonlightScenic Artist
- 1975The HouseWriter
- 1974A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa DonjaCostume Design
- 1972Eagle in a CageProduction Design
- 1971Short Night of Glass DollsProduction Design
- 1971The Scene of the CrashSet Designer
- 1970One Song a Day Takes Mischief AwayProduction Design
- 1970Ann and EveProduction Design
- 1970The Fed OneProduction Design
- 1970The Fifth Day of PeaceProduction Design
- 1970The Way to ParadiseProduction Design
- 1969An EventWriter
- 1969When You Hear the BellsProduction Design
- 1967IllusionSet Designer
- 1967The Birch TreeProduction Design
- 1966RondoSet Designer
- 1965Back of the MedalProduction Design
- 1965The KeySet Designer
- 1963Man and BeastArt Direction
- 1962KozaraArt Direction
- 1960Love and FashionArt Direction
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