| Veljko Despotović | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 October 1931 Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Croatia) |
| Occupation | Production designer |
| Years active | 1964–present |
Veljko Despotović (born 1 October 1931) is a notable Serbian film and television production designer.
In Belgrade (Serbia) he finished elementary school, high school and university. In 1958 was graduated from the School of Architecture of the Belgrade University and continued with his set-designing activity. From 1950 until 1962 he was working on as assistant of art department and architect in theatre, film and television. From 1962, he works as independent domestic and foreign film set designer. He has done over 150 domestic and foreign movies and co-productions.
Despotović won two Golden Arena for Best Production Design awards at the 1979 and 1984 editions of the Pula Film Festival, the Yugoslav national film awards. for his work on the films The Man to Kill (Čovjek koga treba ubiti, 1979; directed by Veljko Bulajić), Burning (Usijanje, 1979; directed by Boro Drašković), and Strangler vs. Strangler (Davitelj protiv davitelja, 1984; directed by Slobodan Šijan).[1][2]