Sep 8, 1942 - Nis, Serbia, Yugoslavia
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.
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| Movie | 2018 | Ideal 68 | Himself | |
| Movie | 2021 | ŽŽŽ: Journal About Želimir Žilnik | Himself | |
| Movie | 2022 | As One | Želimir Žilnik | |
| Movie | 2024 | Warm Film | Himself | |
| Movie | 2007 | Censored without Censorship | Himself | |
| Movie | 1971 | Black Film | Himself | |
| Movie | 2016 | The Other Line | Himself | |
| Movie | 1985 | Taiwan Canasta | Građevinski inspektor 2 | |
| Movie | 2015 | Martinac | Himself | |
| Movie | 2013 | Pirika on Film | ||
| Movie | 2007 | What Do Those Lunatics Want? | Himself | |
| Movie | 2025 | Alpe-Adria Underground! | Himself |
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| Movie | 1975 | House Orders | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1975 | Under the Protection of the State | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1975 | House Orders | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1975 | Under the Protection of the State | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1987 | Hot Paychecks | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1974 | Request | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1975 | Farewell | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1974 | Request | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2009 | The Old School of Capitalism | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1971 | Early Works | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2003 | Kenedi Goes Back Home | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2007 | Kenedi Is Getting Married | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2007 | Kenedi Is Getting Married | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1989 | Oldtimer | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2003 | Kenedi Goes Back Home | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1986 | Pretty Women Walking Through the City | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1986 | Pretty Women Walking Through the City | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1995 | Marble Ass | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1995 | Marble Ass | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2018 | Among the People: Life & Acting | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1994 | Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1994 | Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1968 | The Unemployed | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1968 | Little Pioneers | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1969 | June Turmoil | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1967 | Newsreel – Showing the Life of Village Youth | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1968 | The Unemployed | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1971 | Black Film | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1988 | Brooklyn - Gusinje | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1975 | Public Execution | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2005 | Kenedi, Lost and Found | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1975 | I Do Not Know What That Should Mean | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1976 | Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1977 | The Comedy and Tragedy of Bora Joksimovic | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1973 | Uprising in Jazak | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1973 | Uprising in Jazak | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1984 | Stanimir Descends To Town | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1984 | Stanimir Descends To Town | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1983 | The First Trimester of Pavle Hromis | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2000 | Cosmo Girls | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1967 | Newsreel – Showing the Life of Village Youth | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2015 | Logbook_Serbistan | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1988 | Brooklyn - Gusinje | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1976 | Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1983 | Second Generation | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1983 | Second Generation | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1971 | Early Works | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2015 | Logbook_Serbistan | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1980 | The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2005 | Kenedi, Lost and Found | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2000 | Fortress Europe | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1975 | Inventory | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1982 | Dragoljub and Bogdan | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1975 | Farewell | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2000 | Cosmo Girls | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1980 | The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1982 | Dragoljub and Bogdan | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1975 | I Do Not Know What That Should Mean | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1987 | Hot Paychecks | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2014 | Our Man in Gabon | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2014 | Our Man in Gabon | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1996 | Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1996 | Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1998 | Wanderlust | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1998 | Wanderlust | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1997 | For Ella | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1993 | Silo Danube, Vukovar | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1975 | Public Execution | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1975 | Inventory | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1978 | Market People | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2018 | Among the People: Life & Acting | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1990 | Black and White | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1978 | Market People | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1997 | For Ella | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1993 | Silo Danube, Vukovar | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2011 | One Woman – One Century | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2011 | One Woman – One Century | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1989 | Oldtimer | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2009 | The Old School of Capitalism | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1981 | Vera and Erzika | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1986 | Good Morning, Belgrade | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1986 | Good Morning, Belgrade | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2002 | EXIT in the Morning | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1981 | Vera and Erzika | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2005 | Europe Next Door | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2006 | Danube Soap Opera | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2006 | Danube Soap Opera | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2005 | Europe Next Door | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2013 | Pirika on Film | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2013 | Pirika on Film | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2018 | The Most Beautiful Country in the World | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2018 | The Most Beautiful Country in the World | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1971 | Black Film | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1968 | Little Pioneers | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1988 | The Way Steel Was Tempered | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1988 | The Way Steel Was Tempered | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1977 | The Comedy and Tragedy of Bora Joksimovic | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1993 | Where Gods Are Dead | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2020 | Cinetracts '20 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2002 | EXIT in the Morning | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1983 | The First Trimester of Pavle Hromis | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1990 | Black and White | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2025 | Eighty Plus | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2025 | Eighty Plus | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2025 | Eighty Plus | Co-Producer | Production |
