Želimir Žilnik
Directing
Born September 8, 1942 · Nis, Serbia, Yugoslavia
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.
Directed (53)
Eighty Plus
2025
Cinetracts '20
2020
The Most Beautiful Country in the World
2018
Among the People: Life & Acting
2018
Logbook_Serbistan
2015
Our Man in Gabon
2014
Pirika on Film
2013
One Woman – One Century
2011
The Old School of Capitalism
2009
Kenedi Is Getting Married
2007
Danube Soap Opera
2006
Kenedi, Lost and Found
2005
Europe Next Door
2005
Kenedi Goes Back Home
2003
EXIT in the Morning
2002
Cosmo Girls
2000
Fortress Europe
2000
Wanderlust
1998
For Ella
1997
Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage
1996
Marble Ass
1995
Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time
1994
Silo Danube, Vukovar
1993
Black and White
1990
Oldtimer
1989
Brooklyn - Gusinje
1988
The Way Steel Was Tempered
1988
Hot Paychecks
1987
Pretty Women Walking Through the City
1986
Good Morning, Belgrade
1986
Stanimir Descends To Town
1984
Second Generation
1983
The First Trimester of Pavle Hromis
1983
Dragoljub and Bogdan
1982
Vera and Erzika
1981
The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus
1980
Market People
1978
The Comedy and Tragedy of Bora Joksimovic
1977
Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy
1976
House Orders
1975
Under the Protection of the State
1975
Farewell
1975
Public Execution
1975
I Do Not Know What That Should Mean
1975
Inventory
1975
Request
1974
Uprising in Jazak
1973
Early Works
1971
Black Film
1971
June Turmoil
1969
The Unemployed
1968
Little Pioneers
1968
Newsreel – Showing the Life of Village Youth
1967
