
Directing · Born Sep 8, 1942 · 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.

Eighty Plus
2025

Cinetracts '20
20206.0

The Most Beautiful Country in the World
2018

Among the People: Life & Acting
2018

Logbook_Serbistan
20155.9

Our Man in Gabon
2014

Pirika on Film
2013

One Woman – One Century
2011

The Old School of Capitalism
20095.1

Kenedi Is Getting Married
20074.4

Danube Soap Opera
2006

Kenedi, Lost and Found
20055.5

Europe Next Door
2005

Kenedi Goes Back Home
20036.6

EXIT in the Morning
2002

Cosmo Girls
2000

Fortress Europe
200010.0

Wanderlust
19985.7

For Ella
1997

Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage
1996

Marble Ass
19955.5

Silo Danube, Vukovar
1993

Black and White
1990

Oldtimer
19897.0

Brooklyn - Gusinje
19883.0

The Way Steel Was Tempered
19888.0

Hot Paychecks
19878.0

Pretty Women Walking Through the City
19864.9

Good Morning, Belgrade
19866.2

Second Generation
19836.6

Dragoljub and Bogdan
1982

Vera and Erzika
198110.0

The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus
1980

Market People
19788.0

Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy
19765.5

House Orders
1975

Under the Protection of the State
1975

Farewell
1975

I Do Not Know What That Should Mean
1975

Public Execution
19758.0

Request
1974

Early Works
19715.9

Black Film
19716.1

The Unemployed
19685.6

Little Pioneers
19686.5