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Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1942-09-08 00:00:00
Birth Place:Nis, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Known For:Directing
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Želimir Žilnik
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.
Filmography (40)

One Woman – One Century
writer2011
⭐ 6.6

Second Generation
writer1983
⭐ 6.2

Early Works
writer1971
⭐ 5.2

Logbook_Serbistan
director2015

The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus
director1980
⭐ 5.5

Kenedi, Lost and Found
writer2005

Fortress Europe
director2000
⭐ 5.3
No Image
Inventory
director1975

Dragoljub and Bogdan
writer1982

Farewell
writer1975

I Do Not Know What That Should Mean
writer1975

Dragoljub and Bogdan
director1982

The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus
writer1980

Hot Paychecks
writer1987

Our Man in Gabon
writer2014

Our Man in Gabon
director2014

Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage
director1996

Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage
writer1996
⭐ 5

Wanderlust
writer1998
⭐ 5

Wanderlust
director1998

Silo Danube, Vukovar
director1993

For Ella
director1997
⭐ 5.3
No Image
Inventory
writer1975

Public Execution
writer1975

Market People
director1978

Among the People: Life & Acting
director2018

Black and White
director1990

Market People
writer1978

For Ella
writer1997

Silo Danube, Vukovar
writer1993
⭐ 5.5

Where Gods Are Dead
writer1993

The Most Beautiful Country in the World
writer2018

The Most Beautiful Country in the World
director2018
⭐ 6.3

Little Pioneers
writer1968
⭐ 5.6

Black Film
writer1971
⭐ 8.3

The Way Steel Was Tempered
writer1988
⭐ 8.3

The Way Steel Was Tempered
director1988
No Image
The Comedy and Tragedy of Bora Joksimovic
writer1977

Eighty Plus
writer2025

Eighty Plus
director2025