Person
Emir Kusturica
Directing · Born 1954-11-24 · Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Biography
Emir Nemanja Kusturica is a Serbian filmmaker, actor and musician, recognized for several internationally acclaimed feature films. He is a two-time winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes (for When Father Was Away on Business and Underground), as well as being a Commander of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Since the mid-2000s, Kusturica's primary residence is Drvengrad, a village in the Mokra Gora region of Serbia. He had portions of the historic village reconstructed for his film Life Is a Miracle.
Known for
Vivement dimanche
Self
The Guldbagge Awards
Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner
Balkan Line
Taxi driver
Black Cat, White Cat
Director
Underground
Dealer
Arizona Dream
Director
The Woman from Čurug
Director
Walter Defends Sarajevo
Omladinac
When Father Was Away on Business
Director
Time of the Gypsies
Writer
Filmography
- 2025Chaplin: Spirit of the TrampSelf
- 2025How I Waited for the SunHimself
- 2024"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. ParadjanovHimself
- 2023Dule Savić and the Silence in LondonHimself
- 2022Srpska: The Struggle for FreedomSelf
- 2022Scenes from the Life of BH FilmHimself
- 2020Good Morning, the Wind BlowsSelf
- 2019El Pepe: A Supreme LifeSelf
- 2019Balkan LineTaxi driver
- 2018Untold Stories of Eastern Europe
- 2018CzechMate: In Search of Jiří MenzelSelf
- 2018Local Heroes - World TalentsHimself
- 2016To Make a Comedy Is No FunSelf
- 2016On the Milky RoadKosta
- 2015The Legend of the Palme d'OrSelf
- 2014Words with GodsMonk (ep. "Our Life")
- 2014The Ice ForestSecondo
- 2013The ScapegoatStojil
- 2013Who Is This Kusturica?Himself
- 2013Balkan SpiritSelf - Director
- 2012The WhirlBogdanov otac
- 2012WalterHimself
- 20127 Days in HavanaActor (segment "Jam Session")
- 2012Kusturica - Balkan's Bad BoyHimself
- 2011Mozzarella StoriesExecutive Producer
- 2011Nicostratos the PelicanDémosthène
- 2009FarewellSergei Grigoriev
- 2008Maradona by KusturicaSelf
- 2007Le Temps des Gitans Punk OperaDirector
- 2007Promise Me ThisDirector
- 2006Gucha!Producer
- 2006Secret JourneyHarold
- 2006All the Invisible ChildrenDirector
- 2005Le court des grandsDirector
- 2005Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos AiresHimself
- 2005TropiAbbasMusic
- 2004Life Is a MiracleDirector
- 2003Chaplin Today: The CircusSelf
- 2003The Good ThiefVladimir
- 2003Strawberries in the SupermarketGeneral
- 2001Super 8 StoriesSelf
- 2000The Widow of Saint-PierreJoseph Auguste Néel
- 2000Emir KusturicaHimself
- 1998Vivement dimancheSelf
- 1998Black Cat, White CatDirector
- 1996Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs UndergroundHimself
- 1996Once Upon a Time There Was a CountryŠvercer oružja
- 1995UndergroundDealer
- 1993Arizona DreamDirector
- 1991BoloThanks
- 1990Time of the GypsiesDirector
- 1988Time of the GypsiesWriter
- 1988Byzantine Empire '88Mangup u tramvaju
- 1987The Worker's LifeWriter
- 1987The Magpie StrategyWriter
- 1985When Father Was Away on BusinessDirector
- 1981The Guldbagge AwardsSelf - Best Foreign Language Film winner
- 1981Do You Remember Dolly Bell?Director
- 1979Buffet TitanicWriter
- 1978GuernicaDirector
- 1978The Brides Are ComingDirector
- 1972Walter Defends SarajevoOmladinac
- —Crime No PunishmentDirector
- —The Woman from ČurugDirector
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