Željko SeneÄiÄ was a Croatian film and television production designer, film director and screenwriter. SeneÄiÄ 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 Schlƶndorff and partially filmed in Zagreb,