DIRECTOR · FROM NIS, YUGOSLAVIA

Želimir Žilnik

Born 1942 · 84 years old57 credits since 1967

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ABOUT ŽELIMIR

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.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.

Born8 September 1942

BirthplaceNis, Yugoslavia

Known forDirecting

On Cineora7 of 57 titles

Known for

The titles people know Želimir from.

Movie

Early Works

1971IMDb6.8

Movie

Marble Ass

1995IMDb6.4

June TurmoilMovie

June Turmoil

1969IMDb6.1

Movie

Little Pioneers

1968IMDb7.7

Movie

Kenedi Is Getting Married

2007IMDb6.0

Movie

The Unemployed

1968IMDb7.2

Career

IMDb rating of each title they made on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 7
Average IMDb: 6.7
Highest rated: Little PioneersIMDb 7.7
Working since: 1967

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

57 credits

The 2020s

2 titles

Not on Cineora

Eighty Plus

2025

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Cinetracts '20

2020

Director

The 2010s

6 titles

Not on Cineora

The Most Beautiful Country in the World

2018

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Among the People: Life & Acting

2018

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Logbook_Serbistan

2015

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Our Man in Gabon

2014

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Pirika on Film

2013

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

One Woman – One Century

2011

Director · Writer

The 2000s

9 titles · IMDb 6.0 on average

Not on Cineora

The Old School of Capitalism

2009

Director · Writer

Movie

Kenedi Is Getting Married

2007IMDb6.0

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Danube Soap Opera

2006

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Kenedi, Lost and Found

2005

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Europe Next Door

2005

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Kenedi Goes Back Home

2003

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

EXIT in the Morning

2002

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Cosmo Girls

2000

Director · Writer

The 1990s

8 titles · IMDb 6.4 on average

Not on Cineora

Wanderlust

1998

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

For Ella

1997

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage

1996

Director · Writer

Movie

Marble Ass

1995IMDb6.4

Director · Writer

Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time

Not on Cineora

Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time

1994

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Where Gods Are Dead

1993

Writer

Not on Cineora

Silo Danube, Vukovar

1993

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Black and White

1990

Director · Writer

The 1980s

12 titles

Not on Cineora

Oldtimer

1989

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Brooklyn - Gusinje

1988

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

The Way Steel Was Tempered

1988

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Hot Paychecks

1987

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Pretty Women Walking Through the City

1986

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Good Morning, Belgrade

1986

Director · Writer

Stanimir Descends To Town

Not on Cineora

Stanimir Descends To Town

1984

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Second Generation

1983

Director · Writer

The 1970s

14 titles · IMDb 6.8 on average

Seven Hungarian Ballads

Not on Cineora

Seven Hungarian Ballads

1978

Director

Not on Cineora

Market People

1978

Director · Writer

The Comedy and Tragedy of Bora Joksimovic

Not on Cineora

The Comedy and Tragedy of Bora Joksimovic

1977

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy

1976

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

House Orders

1975

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Under the Protection of the State

1975

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Farewell

1975

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

I Do Not Know What That Should Mean

1975

Director · Writer

The 1960s

4 titles · IMDb 7.0 on average

June TurmoilMovie

June Turmoil

1969IMDb6.1

Director

Movie

The Unemployed

1968IMDb7.2

Director · Writer

Movie

Little Pioneers

1968IMDb7.7

Director · Writer

Newsreel – Showing the Life of Village Youth

Not on Cineora

Newsreel – Showing the Life of Village Youth

1967

Director · Writer

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Želimir’s titles.

Miodrag 'Miša' MiloševićCinematographer · Marble Ass and Kenedi Is Getting Married