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
all 84
Movies 82
Director 5
Writer 5
TV Shows 2
self 1
Trieste, Yugoslavia (2017)
Sucks (2012)
Red and Black (2006)
Slow Surrender (2001)
Dubrovnik Twilight (1999)
Agony (1998)
Delusion (1998)
Pont Neuf (1997)
The Seventh Cronicle (1996)
Forget Me Not (1996)
Virgin Mary (1995)
Charuga (1991)
The Time of Warriors (1991)
Project Alien (1990)
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988)
The Glembays (1988)
The Orchid Villa (1988)
In the Midst of My Days (1988)
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987)
Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)
Premeditated Love Letters (1985)
From One Friday to the Next (1985)
Inspector Vinko (1984)
Die Nacht der vier Monde (1984)
Honeymoon (1983)
In the Camp (1983)
Cyclops (1982)
Crime at School (1982)
The Trojan Horse (1982)
The Tamburitza Players (1982)
Lidija (1981)
The Woman from Sarajevo (1980)
Ana and Nives (1980)
The Parting Song (1979)
Slow Motion (1979)
The Tin Drum (1979)
Devil's Due (1979)
Istrian Rhapsody (1978)
Violet (1978)
Karmine (1978)
Court Martial (1978)
Bombing Process (1978)
A Shot (1977)
Private Vices, Public Virtues (1976)
Passion According to Matthew (1975)
The House (1975)
God of the Play (1975)
A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja (1974)
Deps (1974)
Nocturno (1974)
Boundary (1973)
To Live on Love (1973)
Eagle in a Cage (1972)
The Rooster's Beak (1971)
Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)
The Scene of the Crash (1971)
One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away (1970)
Ann and Eve (1970)
The Fed One (1970)
The 5th Day of Peace (1970)
The Way to Paradise (1970)
The Eleventh Commandment (1970)
An Event (1969)
Adam and Eve (1969)
1:10 (1969)
When You Hear the Bells (1969)
I Have Two Mothers and Two Fathers (1968)
Gravitation (1968)
Illusion (1967)
The Birch Tree (1967)
The Fourth Companion (1967)
Seven Hours and Fifteen Minutes (1966)
Rondo (1966)
Wet Skin (1966)
Back of the Medal (1965)
The Key (1965)
Prometheus from the Island of Viševica (1964)
The Real State of Affairs (1964)
Man and Beast (1963)
Two Nights in a Day (1963)
Kozara (1962)
Love and Fashion (1960)
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GenderMale
Birthday1933-01-18
Deathday2018-01-01 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceZagreb, Croatia
CitizenshipsCroatia
Also Known AsZeljko Senecic
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