Želimir Žilnik
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 81 |
| Date of birth | September 8,1942 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | Nis |
| Serbia | |
| Parents | Konrad Žilnik |
| Milica Šuvaković | |
| Job | Actor |
| Film director | |
| Film Producer | |
| Screenwriter | |
| Television director | |
| Official site | zilnikzelimir.net |
| Spous | Sarita Matijević |
| Awards | Golden Bear |
| Movies/Shows | Early Works |
| Marble Ass | |
| Brooklyn ‑ Gusinje | |
| Good Morning, Belgrade | |
| Education | University of Novi Sad |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2524735 |
Želimir Žilnik Life story
Želimir Žilnik 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.
Marble Ass: The pioneering LGBT film made during the Balkans war
Marble Ass : The pioneering LGBT film made during The Balkans war
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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.During the in the 1990s, an accidental encounter with a trans sex worker in Belgrade inspired Serbian Film Director Zelimir Zilnik to make a ground-breaking film.
Marble Ass celebrated the lives of the LGBT community in the former Yugoslavia and made a star out of the trans actor, Merlinka.
Zelimir Zilnik told Witness History how the characters in The Film " boosted and encouraged people to come out" in a traditionally conservative country.
He also described The Challenges of making The Film during A War , when even getting hold of cameras was difficult because of international sanctions.
Source of news: bbc.com
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