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Želimir Žilnik

Directing • 1942-09-08 • 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

Little Pioneers

Little Pioneers

1968

The Unemployed

The Unemployed

1968

Early Works

Early Works

1971

Black Film

Black Film

1971

Marble Ass

Marble Ass

1995

Kenedi Is Getting Married

Kenedi Is Getting Married

2007

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Filmography

2025
Eighty PlusFilm
Director
2020
Cinetracts '20Film
Director
★ 6.0
2018
Among the People: Life & ActingFilm
Director
2018
The Most Beautiful Country in the WorldFilm
Director
2015
Logbook_SerbistanFilm
Director
★ 5.9
2014
Our Man in GabonFilm
Director
2013
Pirika on FilmFilm
Director
2011
One Woman – One CenturyFilm
Director
2009
The Old School of CapitalismFilm
Director
★ 5.1
2007
Kenedi Is Getting MarriedFilm
Director
★ 4.4
2006
Danube Soap OperaFilm
Director
2005
Kenedi, Lost and FoundFilm
Director
★ 5.5
2005
Europe Next DoorFilm
Director
2003
Kenedi Goes Back HomeFilm
Director
★ 6.6
2002
EXIT in the MorningFilm
Director
2000
Fortress EuropeFilm
Director
★ 10.0
2000
Cosmo GirlsFilm
Director
1998
WanderlustFilm
Director
★ 5.7
1997
For EllaFilm
Director
1996
Throwing Off the Yolks of BondageFilm
Director
1995
Marble AssFilm
Director
★ 5.5
1994
Tito Among the Serbs for the Second TimeFilm
Director
★ 6.3
1993
Silo Danube, VukovarFilm
Director
1990
Black and WhiteFilm
Director
1989
OldtimerFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1988
The Way Steel Was TemperedFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1988
Brooklyn - GusinjeFilm
Director
★ 3.0
1987
Hot PaychecksFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1986
Pretty Women Walking Through the CityFilm
Director
★ 4.9
1986
Good Morning, BelgradeFilm
Director
★ 6.2
1984
Stanimir Descends To TownFilm
Director
★ 9.0
1983
Second GenerationFilm
Director
★ 6.6
1983
The First Trimester of Pavle HromisFilm
Director
1982
Dragoljub and BogdanFilm
Director
1981
Vera and ErzikaFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1980
The Illness and Recovery of Buda BrakusFilm
Director
1978
Market PeopleFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1978
Seven Hungarian BalladsFilm
Director
1977
The Comedy and Tragedy of Bora JoksimovicFilm
Director
1976
Paradise. An Imperialist TragicomedyFilm
Director
★ 5.5
1975
InventoryFilm
Director
★ 5.1
1975
Public ExecutionFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1975
FarewellFilm
Director
1975
House OrdersFilm
Director
1975
Under the Protection of the StateFilm
Director
1975
I Do Not Know What That Should MeanFilm
Director
1974
RequestFilm
Director
1973
Uprising in JazakFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1971
Early WorksFilm
Director
★ 5.9
1971
Black FilmFilm
Director
★ 6.1
1969
June TurmoilFilm
Director
★ 5.5
1968
Little PioneersFilm
Director
★ 6.5
1968
The UnemployedFilm
Director
★ 5.6
1967
Newsreel – Showing the Life of Village YouthFilm
Director
★ 6.6