Želimir Žilnik

Known for: Directing
Born: September 8, 1942, Nis, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Movies: 67

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.

Best-Known Movies

6.0

Taiwan Canasta

1985

5.6

The Unemployed

1968

6.5

Little Pioneers

1968

5.9

Early Works

1971

4.4

Kenedi Is Getting Married

2007

5.5

Marble Ass

1995

6.1

Black Film

1971

4.9

Pretty Women Walking Through the City

1986

7.0

Warm Film

2024

5.9

Logbook_Serbistan

2015

Filmography

2025	Alpe-Adria Underground!	Himself
2024	Warm Film	Himself
2022	As One	Želimir Žilnik
2021	ŽŽŽ: Journal About Želimir Žilnik	Himself
2018	Ideal 68	Himself
2016	The Other Line	Himself
2015	Martinac	Himself
2013	Pirika on Film
2007	What Do Those Lunatics Want?	Himself
2007	Censored without Censorship	Himself
1985	Taiwan Canasta	Građevinski inspektor 2
1971	Black Film	Himself

Directing, Writing & Producing

2025	Eighty Plus	Director, Writer
2020	Cinetracts '20	Director
2018	The Most Beautiful Country in the World	Director, Writer
2018	Among the People: Life & Acting	Writer, Director
2015	Logbook_Serbistan	Writer, Director
2014	Our Man in Gabon	Writer, Director
2013	Pirika on Film	Writer, Director
2011	One Woman – One Century	Director, Writer
2009	The Old School of Capitalism	Director, Writer
2007	Kenedi Is Getting Married	Director, Writer
2006	Danube Soap Opera	Writer, Director
2005	Kenedi, Lost and Found	Director, Writer
2005	Europe Next Door	Director, Writer
2003	Kenedi Goes Back Home	Director, Writer
2002	EXIT in the Morning	Director, Writer
2000	Cosmo Girls	Director, Writer
2000	Fortress Europe	Director
1998	Wanderlust	Director, Writer
1997	For Ella	Director, Writer
1996	Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage	Writer, Director
1995	Marble Ass	Writer, Director
1994	Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time	Director, Writer
1993	Where Gods Are Dead	Writer
1993	Silo Danube, Vukovar	Director, Writer
1990	Black and White	Director, Writer
1989	Oldtimer	Director, Writer
1988	Brooklyn - Gusinje	Director, Writer
1988	The Way Steel Was Tempered	Director, Writer
1987	Hot Paychecks	Director, Writer
1986	Pretty Women Walking Through the City	Writer, Director
1986	Good Morning, Belgrade	Writer, Director
1984	Stanimir Descends To Town	Writer, Director
1983	Second Generation	Director, Writer
1983	The First Trimester of Pavle Hromis	Director, Writer
1982	Dragoljub and Bogdan	Director, Writer
1981	Vera and Erzika	Director, Writer
1980	The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus	Director, Writer
1978	Seven Hungarian Ballads	Director
1978	Market People	Director, Writer
1977	The Comedy and Tragedy of Bora Joksimovic	Director, Writer
1976	Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy	Director, Writer
1975	House Orders	Writer, Director
1975	Under the Protection of the State	Writer, Director
1975	Farewell	Director, Writer
1975	Public Execution	Director, Writer
1975	I Do Not Know What That Should Mean	Director, Writer
1975	Inventory	Director, Writer
1974	Request	Director, Writer
1973	Uprising in Jazak	Writer, Director
1971	Early Works	Director, Writer
1971	Black Film	Director, Writer
1969	June Turmoil	Director
1968	The Unemployed	Director, Writer
1968	Little Pioneers	Director, Writer
1967	Newsreel – Showing the Life of Village Youth	Director, Writer

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