Želimir Žilnik

Directing

Želimir Žilnik

Born 8 September 1942 · Nis, Serbia, Yugoslavia · 84

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

Highlights

Taiwan Canasta1985 · Film · Građevinski inspektor 2
Little Pioneers1968 · Film · Director
Newsreel – Showing the Life of Village Youth1967 · Film · Director
Early Works1971 · Film · Director
Black Film1971 · Film · Director
The Unemployed1968 · Film · Director

Filmography

Movies

51 films

Eighty Plus2025 · Film · Director
As One2022 · Film · Želimir Žilnik
Cinetracts '202020 · Film · Director
The Most Beautiful Country in the World2018 · Film · Director
Among the People: Life & Acting2018 · Film · Writer
Logbook_Serbistan2015 · Film · Writer
Our Man in Gabon2014 · Film · Writer
Pirika on Film2013 · Film
One Woman – One Century2011 · Film · Director
The Old School of Capitalism2009 · Film · Director
Kenedi Is Getting Married2007 · Film · Director
Danube Soap Opera2006 · Film · Writer
Kenedi, Lost and Found2005 · Film · Director
Europe Next Door2005 · Film · Director
Kenedi Goes Back Home2003 · Film · Director
EXIT in the Morning2002 · Film · Director
Cosmo Girls2000 · Film · Director
Fortress Europe2000 · Film · Director
Wanderlust1998 · Film · Director
For Ella1997 · Film · Director
Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage1996 · Film · Writer
Marble Ass1995 · Film · Writer
Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time1994 · Film · Director
Where Gods Are Dead1993 · Film · Writer
Silo Danube, Vukovar1993 · Film · Director
Black and White1990 · Film · Director
Oldtimer1989 · Film · Director
Brooklyn - Gusinje1988 · Film · Director
The Way Steel Was Tempered1988 · Film · Director
Hot Paychecks1987 · Film · Director
Pretty Women Walking Through the City1986 · Film · Writer
Good Morning, Belgrade1986 · Film · Writer
Taiwan Canasta1985 · Film · Građevinski inspektor 2
Second Generation1983 · Film · Director
Dragoljub and Bogdan1982 · Film · Director
Vera and Erzika1981 · Film · Director
The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus1980 · Film · Director
Market People1978 · Film · Director
Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy1976 · Film · Director
House Orders1975 · Film · Writer
Under the Protection of the State1975 · Film · Writer
Farewell1975 · Film · Director
Public Execution1975 · Film · Director
I Do Not Know What That Should Mean1975 · Film · Director
Inventory1975 · Film · Director
Request1974 · Film · Director
Early Works1971 · Film · Director
Black Film1971 · Film · Director
The Unemployed1968 · Film · Director
Little Pioneers1968 · Film · Director
Newsreel – Showing the Life of Village Youth1967 · Film · Director