Želimir Žilnik
Directing·September 8, 1942 — 83 years old·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.
Known For
Taiwan Canasta
1985·5.9
The Unemployed
1968·5.6
Little Pioneers
1968·6.5
Kenedi Is Getting Married
2007·4.4
Marble Ass
1995·5.4
Early Works
1971·6.2
Pretty Women Walking Through the City
1986·4.9
Black Film
1971·5.9
Warm Film
2024·7.0
Logbook_Serbistan
2015·5.2
Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy
1976·5.5
The Old School of Capitalism
2009·5.1
Filmography · 64
2025Alpe-Adria Underground!Himself2025Eighty PlusDirector · Writer · Co-Producer2024Warm FilmHimself2022As OneŽelimir Žilnik2021ŽŽŽ: Journal About Želimir ŽilnikHimself2020Cinetracts '20Director2018The Most Beautiful Country in the WorldDirector · Writer2018Ideal 68Himself2018Among the People: Life & ActingWriter · Director2016The Other LineHimself2015MartinacHimself2015Logbook_SerbistanWriter · Director2014Our Man in GabonWriter · Director2013Pirika on FilmWriter · Director2011One Woman – One CenturyDirector · Writer2009The Old School of CapitalismDirector · Writer2007What Do Those Lunatics Want?Himself2007Kenedi Is Getting MarriedDirector · Writer2007Censored without CensorshipHimself2006Danube Soap OperaWriter · Director2005Kenedi, Lost and FoundDirector · Writer2005Europe Next DoorDirector · Writer2003Kenedi Goes Back HomeDirector · Writer2002EXIT in the MorningDirector · Writer2000Cosmo GirlsDirector · Writer2000Fortress EuropeDirector1998WanderlustDirector · Writer1997For EllaDirector · Writer1996Throwing Off the Yolks of BondageWriter · Director1995Marble AssWriter · Director1994Tito Among the Serbs for the Second TimeDirector · Writer1993Where Gods Are DeadWriter1993Silo Danube, VukovarDirector · Writer1990Black and WhiteDirector · Writer1989OldtimerDirector · Writer1988Brooklyn - GusinjeDirector · Writer1988The Way Steel Was TemperedDirector · Writer1987Hot PaychecksDirector · Writer1986Pretty Women Walking Through the CityWriter · Director1986Good Morning, BelgradeWriter · Director1985Taiwan CanastaGrađevinski inspektor 21984Stanimir Descends To TownWriter · Director1983Second GenerationDirector · Writer1983The First Trimester of Pavle HromisDirector · Writer1982Dragoljub and BogdanDirector · Writer1981Vera and ErzikaDirector · Writer1980The Illness and Recovery of Buda BrakusDirector · Writer1978Market PeopleDirector · Writer1977The Comedy and Tragedy of Bora JoksimovicDirector · Writer1976Paradise. An Imperialist TragicomedyDirector · Writer1975House OrdersWriter · Director1975Under the Protection of the StateWriter · Director1975FarewellDirector · Writer1975Public ExecutionDirector · Writer1975I Do Not Know What That Should MeanDirector · Writer1975InventoryDirector · Writer1974RequestDirector · Writer1973Uprising in JazakWriter · Director1971Early WorksDirector · Writer1971Black FilmHimself · Director · Writer1969June TurmoilDirector1968The UnemployedDirector · Writer1968Little PioneersDirector · Writer1967Newsreel – Showing the Life of Village YouthDirector · Writer