Portrait of Želimir Žilnik

Directing

Želimir Žilnik

Career

Active from 1967 to 2025, busiest in 1975 with 6 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Way Steel Was Tempered
The Way Steel Was Tempered
GoodWatch score72/100

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Political Satire 4
  • Social Commentary 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

57
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles
Eighty Plus
Eighty Plus (2025)

Director, Co-Producer

As One
As One (2022)

as Želimir Žilnik

Cinetracts '20
Cinetracts '20 (2020)

Director

2010s

6 titles
The Most Beautiful Country in the World
The Most Beautiful Country in the World (2018)

Director, Writer

Among the People: Life & Acting
Among the People: Life & Acting (2018)

Writer, Director

Logbook_Serbistan
Logbook_Serbistan (2015)

Writer, Director

Our Man in Gabon
Our Man in Gabon (2014)

Writer, Director

Pirika on Film
Pirika on Film (2013)

Director, Writer

One Woman – One Century
One Woman – One Century (2011)

Director, Writer

2000s

9 titles
The Old School of Capitalism
The Old School of Capitalism (2009)

Writer, Director

Kenedi Is Getting Married
Kenedi Is Getting Married (2007)

Director, Writer

Danube Soap Opera
Danube Soap Opera (2006)

Director, Writer

Kenedi, Lost and Found
Kenedi, Lost and Found (2005)

Director, Writer

Europe Next Door
Europe Next Door (2005)

Director, Writer

Kenedi Goes Back Home
Kenedi Goes Back Home (2003)

Writer, Director

EXIT in the Morning
EXIT in the Morning (2002)

Director, Writer

Fortress Europe
Fortress Europe (2000)

Director

Cosmo Girls
Cosmo Girls (2000)

Director, Writer

1990s

8 titles · average score 59
Wanderlust
Wanderlust (1998)

Director, Writer

For Ella
For Ella (1997)

Writer, Director

Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage
Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage (1996)

Director, Writer

Marble Ass
Marble Ass (1995)
GoodWatch score 59

Writer, Director

Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time
Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time (1994)

Director, Writer

Where Gods Are Dead
Where Gods Are Dead (1993)

Writer

Silo Danube, Vukovar
Silo Danube, Vukovar (1993)

Writer, Director

Black and White
Black and White (1990)

Writer, Director

1980s

13 titles · average score 70
Oldtimer
Oldtimer (1989)

Director, Writer

The Way Steel Was Tempered
The Way Steel Was Tempered (1988)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Writer

Brooklyn - Gusinje
Brooklyn - Gusinje (1988)

Director, Writer

Hot Paychecks
Hot Paychecks (1987)

Writer, Director

Pretty Women Walking Through the City
Pretty Women Walking Through the City (1986)

Writer, Director

Good Morning, Belgrade
Good Morning, Belgrade (1986)

Writer, Director

Taiwan Canasta
Taiwan Canasta (1985)
GoodWatch score 68

as Građevinski inspektor 2

Stanimir Descends To Town
Stanimir Descends To Town (1984)

Writer, Director

Second Generation
Second Generation (1983)

Director, Writer

Dragoljub and Bogdan
Dragoljub and Bogdan (1982)

Writer, Director

Vera and Erzika
Vera and Erzika (1981)

Director, Writer

The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus
The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus (1980)

Writer, Director

1970s

14 titles · average score 63
Market People
Market People (1978)

Writer, Director

The Comedy and Tragedy of Bora Joksimovic
The Comedy and Tragedy of Bora Joksimovic (1977)

Director, Writer

Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy
Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy (1976)

Writer, Director

House Orders
House Orders (1975)

Director, Writer

Inventory
Inventory (1975)

Writer, Director

I Do Not Know What That Should Mean
I Do Not Know What That Should Mean (1975)

Writer, Director

Public Execution
Public Execution (1975)

Writer, Director

Farewell
Farewell (1975)

Director, Writer

Request
Request (1974)

Director, Writer

Uprising in Jazak
Uprising in Jazak (1973)

Director, Writer

Early Works
Early Works (1971)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Writer

Black Film
Black Film (1971)

Director, Writer

1960s

4 titles
June Turmoil
June Turmoil (1969)

Director

The Unemployed
The Unemployed (1968)

Director, Writer

Little Pioneers
Little Pioneers (1968)

Writer, Director

Newsreel –  Showing the Life of Village Youth
Newsreel – Showing the Life of Village Youth (1967)

Writer, Director