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Željko Senečić

Known For
Art

Known Credits
2

Gender
Male

Birthday
January 18, 1933 (93 years old)

Place of Birth
Zagreb, Croatia

Željko Senečić

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

Writing

2012Sucks...Writer
2006Red and Black...Writer
1999Dubrovnik Twilight...Writer
1998Delusion...Writer
1997Pont Neuf...Writer
1984Inspector Vinko...Writer
1977Either We Are or Aren't...Writer
1976Motel Moonlight...Writer
1975The House...Writer
1969An Event...Writer

Directing

2012Sucks...Director
2006Red and Black...Director
1999Dubrovnik Twilight...Director
1998Delusion...Director
1997Pont Neuf...Director

Art

1991Charuga...Production Design
1990Project Alien...Production Design
1988The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission...Art Direction
1987The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission...Art Direction
1985Suicider...Production Design
1985Premeditated Love Letters...Production Design
1984Die Nacht der vier Monde...Art Direction
1982Cyclops...Production Design
1979The Parting Song...Production Design
1979Slow Motion...Production Design
1979Devil's Due...Production Design
1976Private Vices, Public Virtues...Production Design
1972Eagle in a Cage...Production Design
1971Short Night of Glass Dolls...Production Design
1971The Scene of the Crash...Set Designer
1970One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away...Production Design
1970Ann and Eve...Production Design
1970Ann and Eve...Set Decoration
1970The Fed One...Production Design
1970The Fifth Day of Peace...Production Design
1970The Way to Paradise...Production Design
1969An Event...Production Design
1969When You Hear the Bells...Production Design
1967Illusion...Set Designer
1967The Birch Tree...Production Design
1966Rondo...Set Designer
1965Back of the Medal...Production Design
1965The Key...Set Designer
1963Man and Beast...Art Direction
1962Kozara...Art Direction
1960Love and Fashion...Art Direction

Production

1980Ana and Nives...Production Designer

Crew

1976Motel Moonlight...Scenic Artist

Costume & Make-Up

1974A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja...Costume Design

Acting

2017Trieste, Yugoslaviaas Himself
1991Charugaas Slikar