FILM DIRECTOR

Želimir Žilnik

1942 - Today

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Želimir Žilnik (Serbian Cyrillic: Желимир Жилник; pronounced [ʒɛ̌limiːr ʒîlniːk]; born 8 September 1942) is a Serbian film director best known as one of the major figures of the Yugoslav Black Wave film movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Želimir Žilnik has received more than 84,970 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Želimir Žilnik is the 905th most popular film director (down from 787th in 2019), the 224th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 181st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Serbian Film Director.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Želimir Žilnik ranks 905 out of 2,041. Before him are Jack Bender, Goran Paskaljević, Gérard Pirès, Yves Boisset, Yasushi Akimoto, and Godfrey Reggio. After him are Wolfgang Staudte, Kad Merad, Lev Atamanov, Michel Brault, Walter Lang, and Masato Harada.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Želimir Žilnik ranks 396. Before him are Galina Kulakova, Uğur Mumcu, Mike Resnick, Gérard Pirès, Rubén Salazar Gómez, and Marcia Wallace. After him are Marty Balin, Osman Nuri Topbaş, Dobromir Zhechev, Joe Lieberman, Gualtiero Bassetti, and Claudine Longet.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Želimir Žilnik ranks 224 out of 661. Before him are Milovan Glišić (1847), Dragan Pantelić (1951), Dragan Vasiljković (1954), Goran Paskaljević (1947), Ivan Toplak (1931), and Miroslav Đukić (1966). After him are Abdulah Gegić (1924), Tihomir Ognjanov (1927), Nikola Šainović (1948), Olja Ivanjicki (1931), Milutin Ivković (1906), and Sefer Halilović (1952).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Serbia

Among film directors born in Serbia, Želimir Žilnik ranks 4. Before him are Gojko Mitić (1940), Dušan Makavejev (1932), and Goran Paskaljević (1947). After him are Josef von Báky (1902), and Srđan Dragojević (1963).

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