Directed credits
35
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Želimir Žilnik
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.8
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Directed movies: 35Directed series: 0All crew credits: 49
TMDB ID: 1051272
IMDb ID: nm0956507
Known for: Directing
Born: September 8, 1942
Age: 83
Place of birth: Nis, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1967 - 2025
Years active: 59
Wikidata: Q1264297
Also known as
Желимир Жилник
Frequent jobs
Director (35)Writer (14)
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.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Želimir Žilnik.
Eighty Plus
Director
2025 Movie
6.0
Cinetracts '20
Director
2020 Movie
5.1
The Old School of Capitalism
Director
2009 Movie
Danube Soap Opera
Director
2006 Movie
5.5
Kenedi, Lost and Found
Director
2005 Movie
Europe Next Door
Director
2005 Movie
6.0
Kenedi Goes Back Home
Director
2003 Movie
EXIT in the Morning
Director
2002 Movie
Cosmo Girls
Director
2000 Movie
Fortress Europe
Director
2000 Movie
For Ella
Director
1997 Movie
Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage
Director
1996 Movie
4.9
Marble Ass
Director
1995 Movie
Silo Danube, Vukovar
Director
1993 Movie
Black and White
Director
1990 Movie
Oldtimer
Director
1989 Movie
3.0
Brooklyn - Gusinje
Director
1988 Movie
Hot Paychecks
Director
1987 Movie
4.1
Pretty Women Walking Through the City
Director
1986 Movie
5.8
Second Generation
Director
1983 Movie
Vera and Erzika
Director
1981 Movie
The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus
Director
1980 Movie
Market People
Director
1978 Movie
5.2
Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy
Director
1976 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Želimir Žilnik.
Oldtimer
Director
1989 Movie
Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage
Director
1996 Movie
Request
Director
1974 Movie
Martinac
as Himself
2015 Movie
5.1
The Unemployed
Writer
1968 Movie
Ideal 68
as Himself
2018 Movie
House Orders
Director
1975 Movie
Market People
Director
1978 Movie
Farewell
Director
1975 Movie
Hot Paychecks
Director
1987 Movie
As One
as Želimir Žilnik
2022 Movie
Europe Next Door
Director
2005 Movie
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Želimir Žilnik.
The Most Beautiful Country in the World
Writer
2018 Movie
Among the People: Life & Acting
Writer
2018 Movie
5.2
Logbook_Serbistan
Writer
2015 Movie
Our Man in Gabon
Writer
2014 Movie
Pirika on Film
Writer
2013 Movie
One Woman – One Century
Writer
2011 Movie
4.4
Kenedi Is Getting Married
Writer
2007 Movie
5.0
Wanderlust
Writer
1998 Movie
5.5
Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time
Writer
1994 Movie
Where Gods Are Dead
Writer
1993 Movie
7.5
The Way Steel Was Tempered
Writer
1988 Movie
5.7
Good Morning, Belgrade
Writer
1986 Movie
Dragoljub and Bogdan
Writer
1982 Movie
5.1
The Unemployed
Writer
1968 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Želimir Žilnik.
10.0
Alpe-Adria Underground!
as Himself
2025 Movie
7.0
Warm Film
as Himself
2024 Movie
As One
as Želimir Žilnik
2022 Movie
8.5
ŽŽŽ: Journal About Želimir Žilnik
as Himself
2021 Movie
Ideal 68
as Himself
2018 Movie
Martinac
as Himself
2015 Movie
Pirika on Film
2013 Movie
What Do Those Lunatics Want?
as Himself
2007 Movie
7.2
Censored without Censorship
as Himself
2007 Movie
5.6
Taiwan Canasta
as Građevinski inspektor 2
1985 Movie
5.1
Black Film
as Himself
1971 Movie