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Željko Senečić
Actor, Writer, Director, Additional Credits
Born January 18, 1933Died January 1, 2018 (84 years)
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).
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).
Željko Senečić Filmography
| 1991 | Charuga · as Slikar |
| 1988 | Dirty Dozen: The Series (TV Series) · as Jacques |
| 1999 | |
| 1997 | |
| 1984 | Inspektor Vinko (TV Series) |
| 1975 | |
| 1969 |
| 1999 | |
| 1997 |
| 2017 | Trieste, Yugoslavia · as Himself |
| 2005 | Pusca Bistra · as Art Director |
| 2001 | Slow Surrender · as Production Designer |
| 1998 | Agonija · as Production Designer |
| 1997 | Olujne tisine 1895-1995 (TV Series) · as Production Designer |
| 1996 | Sedma kronika · as Production Designer |
| 1996 | Ne zaboravi me · as Production Designer |
| 1995 | Gospa · as Production Designer |
| 1991 | Charuga · as Production Design |
| 1991 | The Time of Warriors · as Production Designer |
| 1990 | Fatal Sky · as Production Design |
| 1990 | Destroying Angel · as Art Director |
| 1989 | The Forgotten · as Art Director |
| 1988 | The Glembays · as Production Designer |
| 1988 | Dirty Dozen: The Series (TV Series) · as Art Director |
| 1988 | Vila Orhideja · as Production Designer |
| 1988 | The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission · as Art Direction |
| 1987 | If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium · as Art Director |
| 1987 | Race for the Bomb (TV Series) · as Art Director |
| 1987 | The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission · as Art Direction |
| 1985 | Transylvania 6-5000 · as Production Designer |
| 1985 | Jenseits der Morgenröte (TV Series) · as Art Director |
| 1985 | Ljubavna pisma s predumisljajem · as Production Design |
| 1985 | Od petka do petka · as Production Designer |
| 1984 | Inspektor Vinko (TV Series) · as Production Designer |
| 1984 | Nadia · as Art Director |
| 1983 | Honeymoon · as Production Designer |
| 1983 | Kiklop (TV Series) · as Production Designer |
| 1982 | Cyclops · as Production Design |
| 1982 | Zlocin u skoli · as Production Designer |
| 1982 | Tamburasi · as Production Designer |
| 1981 | Nepokoreni grad (TV Series) · as Production Designer |
| 1978 | Violet · as Production Designer |
| 1977 | Nikola Tesla (TV Series) · as Production Designer |
| 1977 | A Shot · as Production Designer |
| 1976 | Private Vices, Public Virtues · as Production Design |
| 1975 | Gruntovčani (TV Series) · as Production Designer |
| 1975 | Passion According to Matthew · as Production Designer |
| 1975 | Passion According to Matthew · as Costume Designer |
| 1975 | The House · as Production Designer |
| 1974 | Deps · as Production Designer |
| 1974 | Nocturno · as Production Designer |
| 1973 | Acting Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja · as Production Designer |
| 1973 | Acting Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja · as Costume Design |
| 1973 | Die blutigen Geier von Alaska · as Art Director |
| 1973 | Razmedja · as Production Designer |
| 1973 | Peg Leg, Musket & Sabre · as Art Director |
| 1973 | Zivjeti od ljubavi · as Production Designer |
| 1972 | Eagle in a Cage · as Production Design |
| 1971 | Short Night of Glass Dolls · as Production Design |
| 1971 | The Scene of the Crash · as Production Designer |
| 1970 | Jedanaesta zapovijed · as Production Designer |
| 1970 | One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away · as Production Design |
| 1970 | Ann and Eve · as Production Design |
| 1970 | The Fifth Day of Peace · as Production Design |
| 1970 | The Fed One · as Production Design |
| 1969 | When You Hear the Bells · as Production Design |
| 1969 | An Event · as Production Design |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | I Have Two Mothers and Two Fathers · as Production Designer |
| 1968 | Gravitacija ili fantasticna mladost cinovnika Borisa Horvata · as Production Designer |
| 1968 | Gravitacija ili fantasticna mladost cinovnika Borisa Horvata · as Costume Designer |
| 1967 | Iluzija · as Production Designer |
| 1967 | The Birch Tree · as Production Design |
| 1966 | Roundabout · as Production Designer |
| 1965 | Kljuc · as Production Designer |
| 1965 | Back of the Medal · as Production Design |
| 1964 | Prometej s otoka Visevice · as Production Designer |
| 1963 | Man and Beast · as Art Direction |
| 1962 | Kozara · as Art Direction |
| 1961 | Boom Town · as Art Director |
| 1960 | Love and Fashion · as Art Direction |