Željko Senečić
Born: 1933-01-18 in Zagreb, Croatia
Died: 2018-01-01
Known For: Art
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).
Filmography
2017
- Trieste, Yugoslavia as Himself
2012
- Sucks ... (Director)
2006
- Red and Black ... (Director)
1999
- Dubrovnik Twilight ... (Writer)
1998
- Delusion ... (Director)
1997
- Pont Neuf ... (Director)
1991
- Charuga as Slikar
1990
- Project Alien ... (Production Design)
1988
- The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission ... (Art Direction)
1987
- The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission ... (Art Direction)
1985
- Premeditated Love Letters ... (Production Design)
- Suicider ... (Production Design)
1984
- Inspector Vinko ... (Writer)
- Die Nacht der vier Monde ... (Art Direction)
1982
- Cyclops ... (Production Design)
1980
- Ana and Nives ... (Production Designer)
1979
- Devil's Due ... (Production Design)
- Slow Motion ... (Production Design)
- The Parting Song ... (Production Design)
1977
- Either We Are or Aren't ... (Writer)
1976
- Private Vices, Public Virtues ... (Production Design)
- Motel Moonlight ... (Scenic Artist)
1975
- The House ... (Writer)
1974
- A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja ... (Costume Design)
1972
- Eagle in a Cage ... (Production Design)
1971
- Short Night of Glass Dolls ... (Production Design)
- The Scene of the Crash ... (Set Designer)
1970
- Ann and Eve ... (Production Design)
- The Fifth Day of Peace ... (Production Design)
- One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away ... (Production Design)
- The Fed One ... (Production Design)
- The Way to Paradise ... (Production Design)
1969
- When You Hear the Bells ... (Production Design)
- An Event ... (Writer)
1967
- The Birch Tree ... (Production Design)
- Illusion ... (Set Designer)
1966
- Rondo ... (Set Designer)
1965
- The Key ... (Set Designer)
- Back of the Medal ... (Production Design)
1963
- Man and Beast ... (Art Direction)
1962
- Kozara ... (Art Direction)
1960
- Love and Fashion ... (Art Direction)