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Emir Kusturica

Emir Kusturica

Director · Born November 24, 1954 · Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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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. 

Directed 21

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. 2016
  3. 2014

    Words with Gods

    Director

2000s

  1. 2008
  2. 2007

    Le Temps des Gitans Punk Opera

    Director

  3. Promise Me This

    Director

  4. 2006
  5. 2005

    Le court des grands

    Director

  6. 2004
  7. 2001

    Super 8 Stories

    Director

1990s

  1. 1998
  2. 1996

    Once Upon a Time There Was a Country

    Director

  3. 1995
  4. 1993
  5. 1990

    Time of the Gypsies

    Director

1970s

  1. 1979

    Buffet Titanic

    Director

  2. 1978

    Guernica

    Director

  3. The Brides Are Coming

    Director

Acted in 19

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. 2018

    Untold Stories of Eastern Europe

    TV

  3. 2016
  4. 2014

    Words with Gods

    Monk (ep. "Our Life")

  5. 2013

    The Scapegoat

    Stojil

  6. 2012

    The Whirl

    Bogdanov otac

  7. 7 Days in Havana

    Actor (segment "Jam Session")

  8. 2011

    Nicostratos the Pelican

    Démosthène

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. 2006

    Secret Journey

    Harold

  3. 2003
  4. Strawberries in the Supermarket

    General

  5. 2000

    The Widow of Saint-Pierre

    Joseph Auguste Néel

1990s

  1. 1996

    Once Upon a Time There Was a Country

    Švercer oružja · 6 episodes

  2. 1995

1980s

  1. 1988

    Byzantine Empire '88

    Mangup u tramvaju

1970s

  1. 1978
  2. 1972

    Walter Defends Sarajevo

    Omladinac

Wrote 15

2010s

  1. 2016
  2. 2014

    Words with Gods

    Writer

2000s

  1. 2008
  2. 2007

    Promise Me This

    Writer

  3. 2004

1990s

  1. 1998
  2. 1996

    Once Upon a Time There Was a Country

    Writer

  3. 1995
  4. 1993

1980s

  1. 1988
  2. 1987

    The Worker's Life

    Writer

  3. The Magpie Strategy

    Writer

  4. 1981

1970s

  1. 1979

    Buffet Titanic

    Writer

  2. 1978

    Guernica

    Writer

Produced 6

2010s

  1. 2011

    Mozzarella Stories

    Executive Producer

2000s

  1. 2007

    Promise Me This

    Producer

  2. 2006

    Gucha!

    Producer

  3. 2004
  4. 2003

    Strawberries in the Supermarket

    Producer, Executive Producer

Created 2

1990s

  1. 1996

    Once Upon a Time There Was a Country

    Creator

  2. 1990

    Time of the Gypsies

    Creator

Sound 1

2000s

  1. 2005

    TropiAbbas

    Music

Appearances23

2020s

  1. 2025

    Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp

    Self

  2. How I Waited for the Sun

    Himself

  3. 2024

    "I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov

    Himself

  4. 2023

    Dule Savić and the Silence in London

    Himself

  5. 2022

    Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom

    Self

  6. Scenes from the Life of BH Film

    Self

  7. 2020

    Good Morning, the Wind Blows

    Self

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. 2018

    CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

    Self

  3. Local Heroes - World Talents

    Himself

  4. 2016

    To Make a Comedy Is No Fun

    Self

  5. 2015

    The Legend of the Palme d'Or

    Self

  6. 2013

    Who Is This Kusturica?

    Himself

  7. Balkan Spirit

    Self - Director

  8. 2012

    Walter

    Himself

  9. Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy

    Himself

2000s

  1. 2008
  2. 2005

    Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires

    Himself

  3. 2003

    Chaplin Today: The Circus

    Self

  4. 2001

    Super 8 Stories

    Self

1990s

  1. 1998
  2. 1996

    Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground

    Himself

1980s

  1. 1981

    The Guldbagge Awards

    Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner · 1 episode

Thanked in the credits1

1990s

  1. 1991

    Bolo

    Thanks