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Serbian scenograph
Aleksandar Denić (born 31 October 1963, in
Belgrade ) (outside Serbia frequently spelt Aleksandar Denic ) is a
Serbian
visual artist ,
stage designer and film
production designer . He is known as a
scenographer 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
University of the Arts in Belgrade in painting, film and
set design . He worked after graduation mainly as a production designer for film projects, including the film
Underground by
Emir Kusturica . He was also
production designer for over 100 television commercials, for clients including
Renault ,
SAS and
Lucky Strike .
[1]
In 2011 he met with the German
theatre director
Frank Castorf , who came to Belgrade for a cooperation project.
[2] For his stage set at Castorf's production of
Louis-Ferdinand Céline 's
Journey to the End of the Night in 2013 at the
Munich Residenztheater he won the 2014 theatre critics' poll of
Theater heute magazine as "Set designer of the year."
[3]
In the year 2013 he worked with Castorf in staging
Richard Wagner 's
Ring Cycle at the
Bayreuth Festival .
[4]
In 2015, Denić worked at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg,
[5] and also at the
Residenz Theatre, Munich .
[6]
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:
Der Faust in the category "Staging and costume".
[2]
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
Baal , Residenztheater, Munich
2020: Nominated for Best Designer at International Opera Awards
Filmography
External links
Notes
^
Profile Aleksandar Denić - Production Designer , Database Serbia Film Commission, retrieved 15 October 2016
^
a
b Gerd Brendel,
"Aleksandar Denic, Set designer for Castorf" , in
Deutschlandradio Kultur website, 16 May 2015, accessed 14 October 2016 (in German).
^
Critical Review of 2014 Theatre , Nachtkritik website 28 August 2014, accessed 14 October 2016
^
"Aleksandar Denić"
Archived 2017-02-14 at the
Wayback Machine , Bayreuth Festival website, accessed 24 October 2016.
^ Joachim Mischke,
"He enables directors to realise their fantasies" , in
Hamburger Abendblatt , 16 March 16, 2015, accessed 15 October 2016 (in German)
^
Baal , Residenztheater Munich website, accessed 15 October 2016
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