
Željko Senečić
Personal Info
Known for
Art
Gender
Male
Birthday
1933-01-18
Day of Death
2018-01-01 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Zagreb, Croatia
Željko Senečić
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).
Known For
Acting
(2017)
Trieste, Yugoslavia
as Himself
(1991)
Charuga
as Slikar
Crew
(2012)
Sucks
Director, Writer
(2006)
Red and Black
Writer, Director
(1999)
Dubrovnik Twilight
Writer, Director
(1998)
Delusion
Writer, Director
(1997)
Pont Neuf
Director, Writer
(1991)
Charuga
Production Design
(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
(1985)
Suicider
Production Design
(1984)
Die Nacht der vier Monde
Art Direction
(1982)
Cyclops
Production Design
(1979)
The Parting Song
Production Design
(1979)
Slow Motion
Production Design
(1977)
Either We Are or Aren't
Writer
(1976)
Motel Moonlight
Scenic Artist, Writer
(1976)
Private Vices, Public Virtues
Production Design
(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)
The Scene of the Crash
Set Designer
(1971)
Short Night of Glass Dolls
Production Design
(1970)
The 5th Day of Peace
Production Design
(1970)
The Way to Paradise
Production Design
(1970)
The Fed One
Production Design
(1970)
One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away
Production Design
(1969)
An Event
Writer, Production Design
(1969)
When You Hear the Bells
Production Design
(1967)
The Birch Tree
Production Design
(1967)
Illusion
Set Designer
(1966)
Rondo
Set Designer
(1965)
Back of the Medal
Production Design
(1965)
The Key
Set Designer
(1963)
Man and Beast
Art Direction
(1962)
Kozara
Art Direction
(1960)
Love and Fashion
Art Direction