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.Profile Aleksandar Denić - Production Designer, Database Serbia Film Commission, retrieved 15 October 2016
In 2011 he met with the German theatre director Frank Castorf, who came to Belgrade for a cooperation project.Gerd Brendel, "Aleksandar Denic, Set designer for Castorf", in Deutschlandradio Kultur website, 16 May 2015, accessed 14 October 2016 (in German). 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."Critical Review of 2014 Theatre, Nachtkritik website 28 August 2014, accessed 14 October 2016
In the year 2013 he worked with Castorf in staging Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle at the Bayreuth Festival."Aleksandar Denić" , Bayreuth Festival website, accessed 24 October 2016.
In 2015, Denić worked at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg,Joachim Mischke, "He enables directors to realise their fantasies", in Hamburger Abendblatt, 16 March 16, 2015, accessed 15 October 2016 (in German) 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: Der Faust 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 Baal, Residenztheater, Munich 2020: Nominated for Best Designer at International Opera Awards
Filmography
1995: Underground 1996: Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny 2001: Boomerang 2001: Super 8 Stories 2002: Deathwatch 2004: Falling into Paradise 2006: Guca! 2008: 2009: Zone of the Dead 2012: Cat Run 2012: Chernobyl Diaries 2014: Travelator
External links
Aleksandar Denić dedicated website
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