Aleksandar Denic
Aleksandar Denić (born October 31, 1963 in Belgrade ) is a Serbian set designer and film production designer . He became known above all with more than 20 assignments as a scenographer for feature films as well as assignments at large theaters in Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Paris, Zurich and Munich.
Life
Denic holds a degree in film and set design from the Academy of Applied Arts, University of the Arts Belgrade . According to the order situation there, after graduating he worked primarily as a production designer for film projects, including increasingly large ones such as Underground by Emir Kusturica .
He has also been the production designer for more than 100 television commercials, including Renault-Clio, SAS and Lucky Strike.
It was only when Frank Castorf , who traveled to Belgrade for a cooperation project, got to know him around the turn of the millennium, that he was able to live out his preference for theater work. For his set design in Castorf's staging of Celine's Journey to the End of the Night 2013 at the Munich Residenztheater , he was named "Set Designer of the Year" in the theater critic poll of Theater heute 2014.
In 2013 he realized the Ring des Nibelungen at the Bayreuth Festival with his declared favorite director Frank Castorf .
In 2015 Denic worked at the Schauspielhaus Hamburg , and he continues to work regularly at the Residenztheater in Munich .
Awards
- 2013: "Set Designer of the Year" for Journey to the End of the Night at the Residenztheater (Munich)
- 2014: German Theater Prize Der Faust in the category 'Stage / Costume'
- 2014: "Set Designer of the Year" for Baal at the Residenztheater (Munich)
Filmography
- 1995: Underground
- 1996: Rasputin
- 2001: Boomerang
- 2001: Super 8 Stories
- 2002: Deathwatch
- 2004: Falling into Paradise
- 2006: Guca!
- 2008: The Red Zora
- 2009: Apocalypse of the Living Dead
- 2012: Cat Run
- 2012: Chernobyl Diaries
- 2014: Travelator
Web links
- http://www.aleksandardenic.com/ personal homepage
- Aleksandar Denic in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Aleksandar Denić at filmportal.de
- ... and the hustle and bustle sets keep turning , portrait of Denic's working method by Valerie Kiendl, Art Autumn Munich November 15, 2014
supporting documents
- ↑ Profile Aleksandar Denić - Production Design ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Database Serbia Film Commission, accessed May 16, 2015
- ↑ a b set designer Aleksandar Denic scenery builder for Castorf , portrait of Gerd Brendel in Deutschlandradio Kultur on May 16, 2015, accessed May 16, 2015
- ↑ Critics' survey by Theater heute 2014 , night review from August 28, 2014, accessed May 16, 2015
- ↑ Interview with A. Denic on the occasion of Frank Castorf's Ring des Nibelungen staging on the Bayreuth Green Hill 2014 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Andre Sokolowski for kultura-extra August 3, 2014, accessed May 16, 2015
- ↑ He lets directors realize their imaginations , portrait of Denic by Joachim Mischke in the Hamburger Abendblatt on March 16, 2015, accessed May 16, 2015
- ^ Faust at the Residenztheater in Munich
- ↑ Baal at the Residenztheater in Munich
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Denić, Aleksandar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Denic, Aleksandar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Serbian set designer and film architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 31, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belgrade |