Želimir Žilnik

ProductionDirectorWriterActor Sep 8 (age 83) Nis, Serbia, Yugoslavia 1967–2025 (58 year career)

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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

Film

Warm Film

Himself

Film

Little Pioneers

Director

Film

Taiwan Canasta

Građevinski inspektor 2

Film

Censored without Censorship

Himself

Film

The Unemployed

Director

Film

Early Works

Director

Film

Marble Ass

Director

Film

Kenedi Is Getting Married

Director

Filmography

Acting (12)

Movies (12)

Alpe-Adria Underground!

as Himself

Warm Film

as Himself

As One

as Želimir Žilnik

ŽŽŽ: Journal About Želimir Žilnik

2021

as Himself

8.5

Ideal 68

2018

as Himself

The Other Line

2016

as Himself

Martinac

2015

as Himself

Pirika on Film

2013

Censored without Censorship

2007

as Himself

7.2

What Do Those Lunatics Want?

2007

as Himself

Taiwan Canasta

1985

as Građevinski inspektor 2

5.6

Black Film

1971

as Himself

5.1

Crew (105)

Movies (105)

Eighty Plus

2025

Co-Producer

Eighty Plus

2025

Director

Eighty Plus

2025

Writer

Cinetracts '20

2020

Director

6.0

Among the People: Life & Acting

2018

Director

Among the People: Life & Acting

2018

Writer

The Most Beautiful Country in the World

2018

Director

The Most Beautiful Country in the World

2018

Writer

Logbook_Serbistan

Director

Logbook_Serbistan

Writer

Our Man in Gabon

Director

Our Man in Gabon

2014

Writer

Pirika on Film

2013

Director

Pirika on Film

2013

Writer

One Woman – One Century

2011

Director

One Woman – One Century

2011

Writer

The Old School of Capitalism

2009

Director

5.1

The Old School of Capitalism

2009

Writer

5.1

Kenedi Is Getting Married

2007

Director

4.4

Kenedi Is Getting Married

2007

Writer

4.4

Danube Soap Opera

2006

Director

Danube Soap Opera

2006

Writer

Kenedi, Lost and Found

2005

Director

5.5

Kenedi, Lost and Found

2005

Writer

5.5

Europe Next Door

2005

Director

Europe Next Door

2005

Writer

Kenedi Goes Back Home

2003

Director

6.0

Kenedi Goes Back Home

2003

Writer

6.0

EXIT in the Morning

2002

Director

EXIT in the Morning

2002

Writer

Fortress Europe

2000

Director

Cosmo Girls

2000

Director

Cosmo Girls

2000

Writer

Wanderlust

Director

Wanderlust

Writer

For Ella

Director

For Ella

1997

Writer

Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage

1996

Director

Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage

1996

Writer

Marble Ass

Director

Marble Ass

Writer

Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time

1994

Director

5.5

Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time

1994

Writer

5.5

Silo Danube, Vukovar

1993

Director

Silo Danube, Vukovar

1993

Writer

Where Gods Are Dead

1993

Writer

Black and White

1990

Director

Black and White

1990

Writer

Oldtimer

1989

Director

Oldtimer

1989

Writer

Brooklyn - Gusinje

Director

Brooklyn - Gusinje

Writer

The Way Steel Was Tempered

1988

Director

7.5

The Way Steel Was Tempered

1988

Writer

7.5

Hot Paychecks

1987

Director

Hot Paychecks

1987

Writer

Pretty Women Walking Through the City

1986

Director

4.1

Pretty Women Walking Through the City

1986

Writer

4.1

Good Morning, Belgrade

1986

Director

5.7

Good Morning, Belgrade

1986

Writer

5.7

Stanimir Descends To Town

1984

Director

Stanimir Descends To Town

1984

Writer

Second Generation

Director

Second Generation

Writer

The First Trimester of Pavle Hromis

1983

Director

The First Trimester of Pavle Hromis

1983

Writer

Dragoljub and Bogdan

1982

Director

Dragoljub and Bogdan

1982

Writer

Vera and Erzika

1981

Director

Vera and Erzika

1981

Writer

The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus

1980

Director

The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus

1980

Writer

Market People

1978

Director

Market People

1978

Writer

The Comedy and Tragedy of Bora Joksimovic

1977

Director

The Comedy and Tragedy of Bora Joksimovic

1977

Writer

Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy

1976

Director

5.2

Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy

1976

Writer

5.2

I Do Not Know What That Should Mean

1975

Director

I Do Not Know What That Should Mean

1975

Writer

Inventory

Director

Inventory

Writer

Under the Protection of the State

1975

Director

Under the Protection of the State

1975

Writer

House Orders

1975

Director

House Orders

1975

Writer

Public Execution

1975

Director

Public Execution

1975

Writer

Farewell

1975

Director

Farewell

1975

Writer

Request

1974

Director

Request

1974

Writer

Uprising in Jazak

Director

Uprising in Jazak

Writer

Early Works

Director

Early Works

Writer

Black Film

Director

Black Film

Writer

June Turmoil

Director

The Unemployed

Director

The Unemployed

Writer

Little Pioneers

Director

Little Pioneers

Writer

Newsreel – Showing the Life of Village Youth

1967

Director

6.2

Newsreel – Showing the Life of Village Youth

1967

Writer

6.2