
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.

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