Directing
Želimir Žilnik
- Born
- 1942-09-08
- 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
65 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Alpe-Adria Underground!
2025 · Movie
Himself
Eighty Plus
2025 · Movie
Director · Writer · Co-Producer
Warm Film
2024 · Movie
Himself
As One
2022 · Movie
Želimir Žilnik
ŽŽŽ: Journal About Želimir Žilnik
2021 · Movie
Himself
Cinetracts '20
2020 · Movie
Director
Among the People: Life & Acting
2018 · Movie
Writer · Director
Ideal 68
2018 · Movie
Himself
The Most Beautiful Country in the World
2018 · Movie
Writer · Director
The Other Line
2016 · Movie
Himself
Logbook_Serbistan
2015 · Movie
Writer · Director
Martinac
2015 · Movie
Himself
Our Man in Gabon
2014 · Movie
Writer · Director
Pirika on Film
2013 · Movie
Cast · Writer · Director
One Woman – One Century
2011 · Movie
Writer · Director
The Old School of Capitalism
2009 · Movie
Director · Writer
Censored without Censorship
2007 · Movie
Himself
Kenedi Is Getting Married
2007 · Movie
Writer · Director
What Do Those Lunatics Want?
2007 · Movie
Himself
Danube Soap Opera
2006 · Movie
Director · Writer
Europe Next Door
2005 · Movie
Director · Writer
Kenedi, Lost and Found
2005 · Movie
Director · Writer
Kenedi Goes Back Home
2003 · Movie
Director · Writer
EXIT in the Morning
2002 · Movie
Director · Writer
Cosmo Girls
2000 · Movie
Director · Writer
Fortress Europe
2000 · Movie
Director
Wanderlust
1998 · Movie
Writer · Director
For Ella
1997 · Movie
Director · Writer
Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage
1996 · Movie
Director · Writer
Marble Ass
1995 · Movie
Director · Writer
Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time
1994 · Movie
Writer · Director
Silo Danube, Vukovar
1993 · Movie
Director · Writer
Where Gods Are Dead
1993 · Movie
Writer
Black and White
1990 · Movie
Director · Writer
Oldtimer
1989 · Movie
Director · Writer
Brooklyn - Gusinje
1988 · Movie
Director · Writer
The Way Steel Was Tempered
1988 · Movie
Writer · Director
Hot Paychecks
1987 · Movie
Director · Writer
Good Morning, Belgrade
1986 · Movie
Writer · Director
Pretty Women Walking Through the City
1986 · Movie
Director · Writer
Taiwan Canasta
1985 · Movie
Građevinski inspektor 2
Stanimir Descends To Town
1984 · Movie
Director · Writer
Second Generation
1983 · Movie
Director · Writer
The First Trimester of Pavle Hromis
1983 · Movie
Director · Writer
Dragoljub and Bogdan
1982 · Movie
Writer · Director
Vera and Erzika
1981 · Movie
Director · Writer
The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus
1980 · Movie
Director · Writer
Market People
1978 · Movie
Director · Writer
Seven Hungarian Ballads
1978 · Movie
Director
The Comedy and Tragedy of Bora Joksimovic
1977 · Movie
Director · Writer
Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy
1976 · Movie
Director · Writer
Farewell
1975 · Movie
Director · Writer
House Orders
1975 · Movie
Director · Writer
I Do Not Know What That Should Mean
1975 · Movie
Director · Writer
Inventory
1975 · Movie
Director · Writer
Public Execution
1975 · Movie
Director · Writer
Under the Protection of the State
1975 · Movie
Director · Writer
Request
1974 · Movie
Director · Writer
Uprising in Jazak
1973 · Movie
Director · Writer
Black Film
1971 · Movie
Himself · Director · Writer
Early Works
1971 · Movie
Director · Writer
June Turmoil
1969 · Movie
Director
Little Pioneers
1968 · Movie
Director · Writer
The Unemployed
1968 · Movie
Writer · Director
Newsreel – Showing the Life of Village Youth
1967 · Movie
Director · Writer