Želimir Žilnik
Known for Directing
Born September 8, 1942
Place of Birth 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.
Filmography
Under the Protection of the State
1975
Director
Pretty Women Walking Through the City
1986
Director
Early Works
1971
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Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time
1994
Director
The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus
1980
Director
The Way Steel Was Tempered
1988
Director
Marble Ass
1995
Director
The Old School of Capitalism
2009
Director
House Orders
1975
Director
Cinetracts '20
2020
Director
Good Morning, Belgrade
1986
Director
Oldtimer
1989
Director
Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy
1976
Director
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Newsreel – Showing the Life of Village Youth
1967
Director
Little Pioneers
1968
Director
Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage
1996
Director
Our Man in Gabon
2014
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June Turmoil
1969
Director
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Uprising in Jazak
1973
Director
Eighty Plus
2025
Director
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