Aleksandar Denić (born 31 October 1963, in Belgrade) (outside Serbia frequently spelt Aleksandar Denic) is a

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stage designer Scenic design (also known as scenography, stage design, or set design) is the creation of theatrical, as well as film or television scenery. Scenic designers come from a variety of artistic backgrounds, but in recent years, are mostly trained ...

and film

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. He is known as a

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of feature films, as well as for his work at major theatres including Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Bayreuth, Paris, Zurich, Wien, Salzburg, Köln and Munich.

Life

Denić graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts of the

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in painting, film and

set design Scenic design (also known as scenography, stage design, or set design) is the creation of theatrical, as well as film or television scenery. Scenic designers come from a variety of artistic backgrounds, but in recent years, are mostly train ...

. He worked after graduation mainly as a production designer for film projects, including the film

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. He was also

for over 100 television commercials, for clients including

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and

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. In 2011 he met with the German

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, who came to Belgrade for a cooperation project.Gerd Brendel
"Aleksandar Denic, Set designer for Castorf"
in ''

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'' website, 16 May 2015, accessed 14 October 2016 (in German). For his stage set at Castorf's production of

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's ''

Journey to the End of the Night ''Journey to the End of the Night'' (french: Voyage au bout de la nuit, 1932) is the first novel by Louis-Ferdinand Céline. This semi-autobiographical work follows the adventures of Ferdinand Bardamu in the World War I, colonial Africa, the Uni ...

'' in 2013 at the Munich Residenztheater he won the 2014 theatre critics' poll of ''

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'' magazine as "Set designer of the year." In the year 2013 he worked with Castorf in staging

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'' at the

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. In 2015, Denić worked at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, and also at the Residenz Theatre, Munich.''Baal''
Residenztheater Munich website, accessed 15 October 2016

Awards

*1996: Nominee Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Special "Rasputin" *2014: Nominated for Best Designer at International Opera Awards *2014: "Set designer of the year" (''Theater heute'' magazine) for ''Journey to the End of Night'', Residenztheater, Munich *2014: ''

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'' in the category "Staging and costume". *2014: "Stage designer of the year" (Opernwelt magazine) for ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'', Bayreuth Festival *2015: "Set designer of the year" (''Theater heute'' magazine) for ''

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'', Residenztheater, Munich *2020: Nominated for Best Designer at International Opera Awards

Filmography

* 1995:

* 1996: Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny * 2001:

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* 2001:

Super 8 Stories ''Super 8 Stories'' ( sr, Супер 8 Прича, ''Super 8 pričа'') is a documentary film about the band No Smoking Orchestra. It is directed by the award-winning Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica. The film won the Silver Plate of best docu ...

* 2002: Deathwatch * 2004: Falling into Paradise * 2006: Guca! * 2008: * 2009:

Zone of the Dead ''Zone of the Dead'', also known as ''Apocalypse of the Dead'' ( sr, italic=yes, Zona Mrtvih) is a 2009 Serbian horror film directed by Milan Konjević and Milan Todorović. It stars Ken Foree. Plot In 1986, in Chernobyl, a mass grave of bodi ...

* 2012:

Cat Run ''Cat Run'' is a 2011 American comedy action film directed by John Stockwell. Plot Andorran prostitute and single mother Catalina "Cat" Rona is hired to participate in an orgy in Montenegro along with other escorts, for powerful men including ...

* 2012:

Chernobyl Diaries ''Chernobyl Diaries'' is a 2012 American disaster horror film co-written and produced by Oren Peli and directed by Brad Parker, in his directorial debut. The film stars Jonathan Sadowski, Jesse McCartney, Devin Kelley, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Ing ...

* 2014: Travelator

External links

*
Aleksandar Denić dedicated website

Notes

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