Želimir Žilnik
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
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
8 September 1942
Place of Birth
Nis, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Also Known As
Желимир Жилник
MEDIA
FILMOGRAPHY
Ideal 68
2018-05-30Actor
ŽŽŽ: Journal About Želimir Žilnik
2021-11-16Actor
As One
2022-10-03Actor
Warm Film
2024-03-10Actor
Censored without Censorship
2007-03-02Actor
Black Film
1971-02-22Actor, Director, Writer
The Other Line
2016-05-16Actor
Taiwan Canasta
1985-03-30Actor
Martinac
2015-11-09Actor
Pirika on Film
2013-04-02Writer, Director
What Do Those Lunatics Want?
2007-10-16Actor
Alpe-Adria Underground!
2025-04-13Actor
House Orders
1975-04-01Writer, Director
Under the Protection of the State
1975-04-01Writer, Director
Hot Paychecks
1987-01-01Director, Writer
Request
1974-01-01Director, Writer
Farewell
1975-03-31Director, Writer
The Old School of Capitalism
2009-08-30Director, Writer
Early Works
1971-03-12Director, Writer
Kenedi Goes Back Home
2003-01-01Director, Writer
Kenedi Is Getting Married
2007-06-19Director, Writer
Oldtimer
1989-03-02Director, Writer
Pretty Women Walking Through the City
1986-06-04Writer, Director
Marble Ass
1995-02-09Writer, Director
Among the People: Life & Acting
2018-01-01Writer, Director
Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time
1994-10-15Director, Writer
The Unemployed
1968-02-27Director, Writer
Little Pioneers
1968-01-01Director, Writer
June Turmoil
1969-01-01Director
Newsreel – Showing the Life of Village Youth
1967-01-01Director, Writer
Brooklyn - Gusinje
1988-06-11Director, Writer
Public Execution
1975-01-01Director, Writer
Kenedi, Lost and Found
2005-01-01Director, Writer
I Do Not Know What That Should Mean
1975-01-01Director, Writer
Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy
1976-01-01Director, Writer
The Comedy and Tragedy of Bora Joksimovic
1977-01-01Director, Writer
Uprising in Jazak
1973-02-16Writer, Director
Stanimir Descends To Town
1984-01-01Writer, Director
The First Trimester of Pavle Hromis
1983-01-01Director, Writer
Cosmo Girls
2000-01-01Director, Writer
Logbook_Serbistan
2015-04-25Writer, Director
Second Generation
1983-06-29Director, Writer
The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus
1980-08-25Director, Writer
Fortress Europe
2000-01-01Director
Inventory
1975-01-01Director, Writer
Dragoljub and Bogdan
1982-01-01Director, Writer
Our Man in Gabon
2014-01-01Writer, Director
Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage
1996-10-31Writer, Director
Wanderlust
1998-11-30Director, Writer
For Ella
1997-01-01Director, Writer
Silo Danube, Vukovar
1993-01-01Director, Writer
Market People
1978-01-01Director, Writer
Black and White
1990-02-01Director, Writer
One Woman – One Century
2011-09-28Director, Writer
Vera and Erzika
1981-06-11Director, Writer
Good Morning, Belgrade
1986-01-01Writer, Director
EXIT in the Morning
2002-01-01Director, Writer
Europe Next Door
2005-01-01Director, Writer
Danube Soap Opera
2006-07-01Writer, Director
The Most Beautiful Country in the World
2018-12-06Director, Writer
The Way Steel Was Tempered
1988-01-01Director, Writer
Where Gods Are Dead
1993-02-01Writer
Cinetracts '20
2020-10-08Director
Eighty Plus
2025-02-14Director, Writer, Co-Producer
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