Željko Senečić

Known for ArtBorn 1933-01-18Died 2018-01-01Zagreb, Croatia

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Pont Neuf

Trieste, Yugoslavia

Dubrovnik Twilight

Die Nacht der vier Monde

The House

The Key

The Birch Tree

Delusion

Back of the Medal

Inspector Vinko

Love and Fashion

Illusion

A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja

An Event

Short Night of Glass Dolls

Man and Beast

One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away

Kozara

When You Hear the Bells

The Scene of the Crash

The Fed One

Rondo

Motel Moonlight

Eagle in a Cage

Cyclops

Premeditated Love Letters

The Fifth Day of Peace

The Way to Paradise

Slow Motion

Private Vices, Public Virtues

The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission

The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission

Charuga

Project Alien

Ann and Eve

Sucks

Red and Black

Suicider

Ana and Nives

The Parting Song

Devil's Due

Either We Are or Aren't