Directed credits
35
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Želimir Žilnik
Directing
Career Snapshot
ExplainedThese indicators come from TMDB. They are relative signals, not review ratings.
TMDB popularity
0.2
Low visibility
TMDB internal trend index. Higher usually means more searches and page activity now.
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.
Director
Eighty Plus
2025 • Movie
Director
Cinetracts '20
2020 • Movie
Director
The Old School of Capitalism
2009 • Movie
Director
Danube Soap Opera
2006 • Movie
Director
Kenedi, Lost and Found
2005 • Movie
Director
Europe Next Door
2005 • Movie
Director
Kenedi Goes Back Home
2003 • Movie
Director
EXIT in the Morning
2002 • Movie
Director
Fortress Europe
2000 • Movie
Director
Cosmo Girls
2000 • Movie
Director
For Ella
1997 • Movie
Director
Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage
1996 • Movie
Director
Marble Ass
1995 • Movie
Director
Silo Danube, Vukovar
1993 • Movie
Director
Black and White
1990 • Movie
Director
Oldtimer
1989 • Movie
Director
Brooklyn - Gusinje
1988 • Movie
Director
Hot Paychecks
1987 • Movie
Director
Pretty Women Walking Through the City
1986 • Movie
Director
Second Generation
1983 • Movie
Director
Vera and Erzika
1981 • Movie
Director
The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus
1980 • Movie
Director
Market People
1978 • Movie
Director
Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy
1976 • Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Želimir Žilnik.
as Građevinski inspektor 2
Taiwan Canasta
1985 • Movie
Director
Early Works
1971 • Movie
as Želimir Žilnik
As One
2022 • Movie
Director
Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage
1996 • Movie
Director
Kenedi Goes Back Home
2003 • Movie
as Himself
Censored without Censorship
2007 • Movie
Writer
Where Gods Are Dead
1993 • Movie
Director
Fortress Europe
2000 • Movie
Writer
The Unemployed
1968 • Movie
as Himself
Martinac
2015 • Movie
Director
Second Generation
1983 • Movie
Writer
Our Man in Gabon
2014 • Movie
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Želimir Žilnik.
Writer
The Most Beautiful Country in the World
2018 • Movie
Writer
Among the People: Life & Acting
2018 • Movie
Writer
Logbook_Serbistan
2015 • Movie
Writer
Our Man in Gabon
2014 • Movie
Writer
Pirika on Film
2013 • Movie
Writer
One Woman – One Century
2011 • Movie
Writer
Kenedi Is Getting Married
2007 • Movie
Writer
Wanderlust
1998 • Movie
Writer
Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time
1994 • Movie
Writer
Where Gods Are Dead
1993 • Movie
Writer
The Way Steel Was Tempered
1988 • Movie
Writer
Good Morning, Belgrade
1986 • Movie
Writer
Dragoljub and Bogdan
1982 • Movie
Writer
The Unemployed
1968 • Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Želimir Žilnik.
as Himself
Alpe-Adria Underground!
2025 • Movie
as Himself
Warm Film
2024 • Movie
as Želimir Žilnik
As One
2022 • Movie
as Himself
ŽŽŽ: Journal About Želimir Žilnik
2021 • Movie
as Himself
Ideal 68
2018 • Movie
as Himself
Martinac
2015 • Movie
Pirika on Film
2013 • Movie
as Himself
What Do Those Lunatics Want?
2007 • Movie
as Himself
Censored without Censorship
2007 • Movie
as Građevinski inspektor 2
Taiwan Canasta
1985 • Movie
as Himself
Black Film
1971 • Movie