Željko Senečić

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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).

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2017
Trieste, Yugoslavia
Movie Himself
2012
Sucks
Movie Director
2006
Red and Black
Movie Director
2004
Dream Warrior
Movie Production Design
1999
Dubrovnik Twilight
Movie Writer
1998
Delusion
Movie Director
1997
Pont Neuf
Movie Director
1991
Charuga
Movie Slikar
1990
Project Alien
Movie Production Design
1988
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
Movie Art Direction
1987
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
Movie Art Direction
1985
Suicider
Movie Production Design
1985
Premeditated Love Letters
Movie Production Design
1984
Inspector Vinko
TV show Writer
1984
Die Nacht der vier Monde
Movie Art Direction
1982
Cyclops
Movie Production Design

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1980
Ana and Nives
Movie Production Designer
1979
The Parting Song
Movie Production Design
1979
Slow Motion
Movie Production Design
1979
Devil's Due
TV show Production Design
1977
Either We Are or Aren't
Movie Writer
1976
Private Vices, Public Virtues
Movie Production Design
1976
Motel Moonlight
Movie Scenic Artist
1975
The House
Movie Writer
1974
A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja
Movie Costume Design
1972
Eagle in a Cage
Movie Production Design
1971
Short Night of Glass Dolls
Movie Production Design
1971
The Scene of the Crash
Movie Set Designer
1970
One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away
Movie Production Design
1970
Ann and Eve
Movie Production Design
1970
The Fed One
Movie Production Design
1970
The Fifth Day of Peace
Movie Production Design
1970
The Way to Paradise
Movie Production Design
1969
An Event
Movie Writer
1969
When You Hear the Bells
Movie Production Design
1967
Illusion
Movie Set Designer
1967
The Birch Tree
Movie Production Design
1966
Rondo
Movie Set Designer
1965
Back of the Medal
Movie Production Design
1965
The Key
Movie Set Designer