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.
Filmography
all 57
Movies 52
Director 19
self 17
TV Shows 5
Producer 4
Writer 2
Actor
Dule Savić and the Silence in London (2023)
Movie
Self
Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom (2022)
Movie
Himself
Scenes from the Life of BH Film (2022)
Movie
Self
Buongiorno, tira il vento (2020)
Movie
Director
El Pepe: A Supreme Life (2019)
Movie
Taxi driver
Balkan Line (2019)
Movie
Untold Stories of Eastern Europe (2018)
TV
Self
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel (2018)
Movie
Self
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun (2016)
Movie
Kosta
On the Milky Road (2016)
Movie
Self
The Legend of the Palme d'Or (2015)
Movie
Director
Words with Gods (2014)
Movie
Secondo
The Ice Forest (2014)
Movie
Stojil
The Scapegoat (2013)
Movie
Self
Who Is This Kusturica? (2013)
Movie
Himself - Director
Balkan Spirit (2013)
Movie
Bogdanov otac
The Whirl (2012)
Movie
Himself
Walter (2012)
Movie
Actor (segment 'Jam Session')
7 Days in Havana (2012)
Movie
Self
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy (2012)
Movie
Executive Producer
Mozzarella Stories (2011)
Movie
Démosthène
Nicostratos the Pelican (2011)
Movie
Grigoriev
Farewell (2009)
Movie
Director
Maradona by Kusturica (2008)
Movie
Director
Le Temps des Gitans Punk Opera (2007)
Movie
Director
Promise Me This (2007)
Movie
Producer
Gucha! (2006)
Movie
Harold
Secret Journey (2006)
Movie
Director
Le court des grands (2005)
Movie
Director / Executive Producer
All the Invisible Children (2005)
Movie
Himself
Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires (2005)
Movie
Music
TropiAbbas (2005)
Movie
Director
Life Is a Miracle (2004)
Movie
Self
Chaplin Today: 'The Circus' (2003)
Movie
Vladimir
The Good Thief (2003)
Movie
Producer
Strawberry in the Supermarket (2003)
Movie
Director
Super 8 Stories (2001)
Movie
Ariel Neel Auguste
The Widow of Saint-Pierre (2000)
Movie
Himself
Emir Kusturica (2000)
Movie
Self
Vivement dimanche (1998)
TV
Director
Black Cat, White Cat (1998)
Movie
6
Self
Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground (1996)
Movie
Creator / Director / Writer
Once Upon a Time There Was a Country (1996)
TV
Director
Underground (1995)
Movie
6.15
Director
Arizona Dream (1993)
Movie
6.5
Director
Time of the Gypsies (1988)
Movie
Writer
The Magpie Strategy (1987)
Movie
Writer
The Worker's Life (1987)
Movie
Director
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
Movie
Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner
The Guldbagge Awards (1981)
TV
Director
Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981)
Movie
Director
Buffet Titanic (1979)
Movie
Director
Guernica (1978)
Movie
Director
The Brides Are Coming (1978)
Movie
Omladinac
Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972)
Movie
Self
Charlie Chaplin, A Man of the World
Movie
Director
Time of the Gypsies
TV
Ratings
Average 6.05
Based on 307 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1972
1998
2006
2003
2023
Gallery
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1954-11-24 (69 years old)
Birth PlaceSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
ReligionSerbian Orthodox Church
ChildrenStribor Kusturica
CitizenshipsFrance, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbia
ResidencesSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Also Known AsЕмир Кустуриця, Емір Кустуріца, Эмир Кустурица, ემირ კუსტურიცა, 에밀 쿠스트리차, 에미르 쿠스트리차
AwardsCzech Medal of Merit, Order of St. Sava, Silver Lion, Golden Lion, Palme d'Or, Svetozar Ćorović Award, Order of Friendship, César Award, César Award for Best Film from the European Union, FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de Cannes, Order of the Star of Italy, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Sretenje Order, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, FIPRESCI Prize at Festival of Venice, honorary doctor of the Voronezh State University, Cannes Best Director Award, Silver Bear
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