Želimir Žilnik
Born
8 September 1942 (83)
Place of Birth
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.
Filmography (40)
Alpe-Adria Underground!
2025
Eighty Plus
2025
🎬 Director
Warm Film
2024
As One
2022
ŽŽŽ: Journal About Želimir Žilnik
2021
Cinetracts '20
2020
The Most Beautiful Country in the World
2018
🎬 Director
Ideal 68
2018
Among the People: Life & Acting
2018
🎬 DirectorThe Other Line
2016
Martinac
2015
Logbook_Serbistan
2015
Our Man in Gabon
2014
🎬 Director
Pirika on Film
2013
One Woman – One Century
2011
🎬 Director
The Old School of Capitalism
2009
What Do Those Lunatics Want?
2007
Kenedi Is Getting Married
2007
Censored without Censorship
2007
Danube Soap Opera
2006
🎬 Director
Kenedi, Lost and Found
2005
Europe Next Door
2005
🎬 Director
Kenedi Goes Back Home
2003
EXIT in the Morning
2002
🎬 Director
Cosmo Girls
2000
🎬 Director
Fortress Europe
2000
🎬 Director
Wanderlust
1998
For Ella
1997
🎬 Director
Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage
1996
🎬 Director
Marble Ass
1995
Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time
1994
Silo Danube, Vukovar
1993
🎬 Director
Black and White
1990
🎬 Director
Oldtimer
1989
🎬 Director
Brooklyn - Gusinje
1988
The Way Steel Was Tempered
1988
Hot Paychecks
1987
🎬 Director
Pretty Women Walking Through the City
1986
Good Morning, Belgrade
1986
Taiwan Canasta
1985