Skip to content
WatchOnBella
Želimir Žilnik

Personal Information

Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birth DateSep 8, 1942 (84 years old)
Zodiac Sign♍Virgo
Place of BirthNis, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Career Span1967 – Present (60 yrs)
Known Credits58 Titles
Official Links
IMDbWWikidata
DirectingPopularity Score 0.4

Želimir Žilnik

Also known as:Желимир Жилник
Total Works

58

58 movies • 0 shows

Avg Rating

—

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#0

TMDB star index

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.

Photos & Headshots1

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 58 titles featuring Želimir Žilnik

Taiwan Canasta
6.0
Taiwan Canasta
1985•movie

as Građevinski inspektor 2

The Unemployed
5.6
The Unemployed
1968•movie

Role: Director

Little Pioneers
6.5
Little Pioneers
1968•movie

Role: Director

Early Works
5.9
Early Works
1971•movie

Role: Director

Kenedi Is Getting Married
4.4

Role: Director

Marble Ass
5.5
Marble Ass
1995•movie

Role: Director

Black Film
6.1
Black Film
1971•movie

as Himself

Pretty Women Walking Through the City
4.9

Role: Director

6.6

Role: Director

Warm Film
7.0
Warm Film
2024•movie

as Himself

Logbook_Serbistan
5.9
Logbook_Serbistan
2015•movie

Role: Writer

Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy
5.5

Role: Director

The Old School of Capitalism
5.1

Role: Director

Kenedi Goes Back Home
6.6

Role: Director

Second Generation
6.6
Second Generation
1983•movie

Role: Director

5.1
Inventory
1975•movie

Role: Director

Censored without Censorship
7.2

as Himself

Kenedi, Lost and Found
5.5

Role: Director

Good Morning, Belgrade
6.2

Role: Director

The Way Steel Was Tempered
8.0

Role: Writer

6.3

Role: Director

Wanderlust
5.7
Wanderlust
1998•movie

Role: Director

ŽŽŽ: Journal About Želimir Žilnik
8.5

as Himself

Where Gods Are Dead
5.5

Role: Writer

Alpe-Adria Underground!
10.0

as Himself

Farewell
Farewell
1975•movie

Role: Director

Oldtimer
7.0
Oldtimer
1989•movie

Role: Director

Brooklyn - Gusinje
3.0
Brooklyn - Gusinje
1988•movie

Role: Director

Public Execution
8.0
Public Execution
1975•movie

Role: Director

Fortress Europe
10.0
Fortress Europe
2000•movie

Role: Director

Market People
8.0
Market People
1978•movie

Role: Director

Vera and Erzika
10.0
Vera and Erzika
1981•movie

Role: Director

Cinetracts '20
6.0
Cinetracts '20
2020•movie

Role: Director

Ideal 68
Ideal 68
2018•movie

as Himself

As One
As One
2022•movie

as Želimir Žilnik

Martinac
Martinac
2015•movie

as Himself

Pirika on Film
Pirika on Film
2013•movie
What Do Those Lunatics Want?

as Himself

House Orders
House Orders
1975•movie

Role: Director

Under the Protection of the State

Role: Director

Hot Paychecks
8.0
Hot Paychecks
1987•movie

Role: Director

Request
Request
1974•movie

Role: Director

Among the People: Life & Acting

Role: Writer

I Do Not Know What That Should Mean

Role: Director

Cosmo Girls
Cosmo Girls
2000•movie

Role: Director

The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus

Role: Director

Dragoljub and Bogdan

Role: Writer

Our Man in Gabon
Our Man in Gabon
2014•movie

Role: Writer

Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage

Role: Director

For Ella
For Ella
1997•movie

Role: Director

Silo Danube, Vukovar

Role: Director

Black and White
Black and White
1990•movie

Role: Director

One Woman – One Century

Role: Director

EXIT in the Morning

Role: Director

Europe Next Door
Europe Next Door
2005•movie

Role: Director

Danube Soap Opera
Danube Soap Opera
2006•movie

Role: Writer

The Most Beautiful Country in the World

Role: Writer

Eighty Plus
Eighty Plus
2025•movie

Role: Director