Emir Kusturica
November 24, 1954 (70 years old) in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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
Credits
- 2024 · I Will Revenge This World With Love - S. Paradjanov as Himself
- 2023 · Dule Savić and the Silence in London as Himself
- 2022 · Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom as Self
- 2022 · Scenes from the Life of BH Film as Himself
- 2020 · Good Morning, the Wind Blows as Himself
- 2019 · El Pepe: A Supreme Life as Self
- 2019 · Balkan Line as Taxi driver
- 2018 · Untold Stories of Eastern Europe as
- 2018 · CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel as Self
- 2016 · To Make a Comedy Is No Fun as Self
- 2016 · On the Milky Road as Kosta
- 2015 · The Legend of the Palme d'Or as Self
- 2014 · Words with Gods as Monk (ep. "Our Life")
- 2014 · The Ice Forest as Secondo
- 2013 · The Scapegoat as Stojil
- 2013 · Who Is This Kusturica? as Himself
- 2013 · Balkan Spirit as Self - Director
- 2012 · The Whirl as Bogdanov otac
- 2012 · Walter as Himself
- 2012 · 7 Days in Havana as Actor (segment "Jam Session")
- 2012 · Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy as Himself
- 2011 · Nicostratos the Pelican as Démosthène
- 2009 · Farewell as Sergei Grigoriev
- 2008 · Maradona by Kusturica as Self
- 2006 · Secret Journey as Harold
- 2005 · Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires as Himself
- 2003 · Chaplin Today: 'The Circus' as Self
- 2003 · The Good Thief as Vladimir
- 2003 · Strawberry in the Supermarket as General
- 2001 · Super 8 Stories as Self
- 2000 · The Widow of Saint-Pierre as Joseph Auguste Néel
- 2000 · Emir Kusturica as Himself
- 1998 · Vivement dimanche as Self
- 1996 · Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground as Himself
- 1996 · Once Upon a Time There Was a Country as Švercer oružja
- 1995 · Underground as Švercer oružja
- 1981 · The Guldbagge Awards as Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner
- 1972 · Walter Defends Sarajevo as Omladinac