Person
Želimir Žilnik
Directing · Born 1942-09-08 · 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.
Known for
Taiwan Canasta
Građevinski inspektor 2
Fortress Europe
Director
Early Works
Director
Kenedi Goes Back Home
Director
Martinac
Himself
Oldtimer
Director
As One
Želimir Žilnik
June Turmoil
Director
Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage
Director
Censored without Censorship
Himself
Filmography
- 2025Alpe-Adria Underground!Himself
- 2025Eighty PlusDirector
- 2024Warm FilmHimself
- 2022As OneŽelimir Žilnik
- 2021ŽŽŽ: Journal About Želimir ŽilnikHimself
- 2020Cinetracts '20Director
- 2018The Most Beautiful Country in the WorldWriter
- 2018Ideal 68Himself
- 2018Among the People: Life & ActingWriter
- 2016The Other LineHimself
- 2015MartinacHimself
- 2015Logbook_SerbistanWriter
- 2014Our Man in GabonWriter
- 2013Pirika on Film
- 2011One Woman – One CenturyWriter
- 2009The Old School of CapitalismDirector
- 2007What Do Those Lunatics Want?Himself
- 2007Kenedi Is Getting MarriedWriter
- 2007Censored without CensorshipHimself
- 2006Danube Soap OperaDirector
- 2005Kenedi, Lost and FoundDirector
- 2005Europe Next DoorDirector
- 2003Kenedi Goes Back HomeDirector
- 2002EXIT in the MorningDirector
- 2000Cosmo GirlsDirector
- 2000Fortress EuropeDirector
- 1998WanderlustWriter
- 1997For EllaDirector
- 1996Throwing Off the Yolks of BondageDirector
- 1995Marble AssDirector
- 1994Tito Among the Serbs for the Second TimeWriter
- 1993Where Gods Are DeadWriter
- 1993Silo Danube, VukovarDirector
- 1990Black and WhiteDirector
- 1989OldtimerDirector
- 1988Brooklyn - GusinjeDirector
- 1988The Way Steel Was TemperedWriter
- 1987Hot PaychecksDirector
- 1986Pretty Women Walking Through the CityDirector
- 1986Good Morning, BelgradeWriter
- 1985Taiwan CanastaGrađevinski inspektor 2
- 1984Stanimir Descends To TownDirector
- 1983Second GenerationDirector
- 1983The First Trimester of Pavle HromisDirector
- 1982Dragoljub and BogdanWriter
- 1981Vera and ErzikaDirector
- 1980The Illness and Recovery of Buda BrakusDirector
- 1978Market PeopleDirector
- 1977The Comedy and Tragedy of Bora JoksimovicDirector
- 1976Paradise. An Imperialist TragicomedyDirector
- 1975House OrdersDirector
- 1975Under the Protection of the StateDirector
- 1975FarewellDirector
- 1975I Do Not Know What That Should MeanDirector
- 1975Public ExecutionDirector
- 1975InventoryDirector
- 1974RequestDirector
- 1973Uprising in JazakDirector
- 1971Early WorksDirector
- 1971Black FilmHimself
- 1969June TurmoilDirector
- 1968The UnemployedWriter
- 1968Little PioneersDirector
- 1967Newsreel – Showing the Life of Village YouthDirector
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