Želimir Žilnik

Želimir Žilnik

Known for
Directing
Born
September 8, 1942 (age 84)
Birthplace
Nis, Serbia, Yugoslavia

Biography

Želimir Žilnik is a Serbian film director and one of the major figures of the Yugoslav Black Wave. He is noted for his socially engaging style and criticism of censorship that was commonplace during the Yugoslav communist era. Subsequently, following the abolition of communist one-party system, he was an outspoken critic of Slobodan Milošević-led regime in Serbia.

Known For

Filmography

2025
Eighty Plus poster

Eighty Plus

Movie · Director

2020
Cinetracts '20 poster

Cinetracts '20

Movie · Director

2018
Among the People: Life & Acting poster

Among the People: Life & Acting

Movie · Director

2018
The Most Beautiful Country in the World poster

The Most Beautiful Country in the World

Movie · Director

2015
Logbook_Serbistan poster

Logbook_Serbistan

Movie · Director

2014
Our Man in Gabon poster

Our Man in Gabon

Movie · Director

2013
Pirika on Film poster

Pirika on Film

Movie · Director

2011
One Woman – One Century poster

One Woman – One Century

Movie · Director

2009
The Old School of Capitalism poster

The Old School of Capitalism

Movie · Director

2007
Kenedi Is Getting Married poster

Kenedi Is Getting Married

Movie · Director

2006
Danube Soap Opera poster

Danube Soap Opera

Movie · Director

2005
Kenedi, Lost and Found poster

Kenedi, Lost and Found

Movie · Director

2005
Europe Next Door poster

Europe Next Door

Movie · Director

2003
Kenedi Goes Back Home poster

Kenedi Goes Back Home

Movie · Director

2002
EXIT in the Morning poster

EXIT in the Morning

Movie · Director

2000
Cosmo Girls poster

Cosmo Girls

Movie · Director

2000
Fortress Europe poster

Fortress Europe

Movie · Director

1998
Wanderlust poster

Wanderlust

Movie · Director

1997
For Ella poster

For Ella

Movie · Director

1996
Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage poster

Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage

Movie · Director

1995
Marble Ass poster

Marble Ass

Movie · Director

1994
Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time

Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time

Movie · Director

1993
Silo Danube, Vukovar poster

Silo Danube, Vukovar

Movie · Director

1990
Black and White poster

Black and White

Movie · Director

1989
Oldtimer poster

Oldtimer

Movie · Director

1988
Brooklyn - Gusinje poster

Brooklyn - Gusinje

Movie · Director

1988
The Way Steel Was Tempered poster

The Way Steel Was Tempered

Movie · Director

1987
Hot Paychecks poster

Hot Paychecks

Movie · Director

1986
Pretty Women Walking Through the City poster

Pretty Women Walking Through the City

Movie · Director

1986
Good Morning, Belgrade poster

Good Morning, Belgrade

Movie · Director

1984
Stanimir Descends To Town

Stanimir Descends To Town

Movie · Director

1983
The First Trimester of Pavle Hromis

The First Trimester of Pavle Hromis

Movie · Director

1983
Second Generation poster

Second Generation

Movie · Director

1982
Dragoljub and Bogdan poster

Dragoljub and Bogdan

Movie · Director

1981
Vera and Erzika poster

Vera and Erzika

Movie · Director

1980
The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus poster

The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus

Movie · Director

1978
Market People poster

Market People

Movie · Director

1978
Seven Hungarian Ballads

Seven Hungarian Ballads

Movie · Director

1977
The Comedy and Tragedy of Bora Joksimovic

The Comedy and Tragedy of Bora Joksimovic

Movie · Director

1976
Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy poster

Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy

Movie · Director

1975
House Orders poster

House Orders

Movie · Director

1975
Under the Protection of the State poster

Under the Protection of the State

Movie · Director

1975
Farewell poster

Farewell

Movie · Director

1975
Public Execution poster

Public Execution

Movie · Director

1975
I Do Not Know What That Should Mean poster

I Do Not Know What That Should Mean

Movie · Director

1975
Inventory

Inventory

Movie · Director

1974
Request poster

Request

Movie · Director

1973
Uprising in Jazak

Uprising in Jazak

Movie · Director

1971
Early Works poster

Early Works

Movie · Director

1971
Black Film poster

Black Film

Movie · Director

1969
June Turmoil

June Turmoil

Movie · Director

1968
The Unemployed poster

The Unemployed

Movie · Director

1968
Little Pioneers poster

Little Pioneers

Movie · Director

1967
Newsreel – Showing the Life of Village Youth

Newsreel – Showing the Life of Village Youth

Movie · Director