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Emir Kusturica

Emir Kusturica

Born: 1954-11-24 • 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. 

Filmography
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp poster
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
2025 • Self
How I Waited for the Sun poster
How I Waited for the Sun
2025 • Himself
"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov poster
"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov
2024 • Himself
Dule Savić and the Silence in London poster
Dule Savić and the Silence in London
2023 • Himself
Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom poster
Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom
2022 • Self
Scenes from the Life of BH Film poster
Scenes from the Life of BH Film
2022 • Himself
Good Morning, the Wind Blows poster
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
2020 • Himself
El Pepe: A Supreme Life poster
El Pepe: A Supreme Life
2019 • Self
Balkan Line poster
Balkan Line
2019 • Taxi driver
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel poster
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018 • Self
Local Heroes - World Talents poster
Local Heroes - World Talents
2018 • Himself
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun poster
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016 • Self
On the Milky Road poster
On the Milky Road
2016 • Kosta
The Legend of the Palme d'Or poster
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
2015 • Self
Words with Gods poster
Words with Gods
2014 • Monk (ep. "Our Life")
The Ice Forest poster
The Ice Forest
2014 • Secondo
The Scapegoat poster
The Scapegoat
2013 • Stojil
No Image
Who Is This Kusturica?
2013 • Himself
Balkan Spirit poster
Balkan Spirit
2013 • Self - Director
The Whirl poster
The Whirl
2012 • Bogdanov otac
Walter poster
Walter
2012 • Himself
7 Days in Havana poster
7 Days in Havana
2012 • Actor (segment "Jam Session")
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy poster
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
2012 • Himself
Nicostratos the Pelican poster
Nicostratos the Pelican
2011 • Démosthène
Farewell poster
Farewell
2009 • Sergei Grigoriev
Maradona by Kusturica poster
Maradona by Kusturica
2008 • Self
Secret Journey poster
Secret Journey
2006 • Harold
Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires poster
Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires
2005 • Himself
Chaplin Today: The Circus poster
Chaplin Today: The Circus
2003 • Self
The Good Thief poster
The Good Thief
2003 • Vladimir
Strawberry in the Supermarket poster
Strawberry in the Supermarket
2003 • General
Super 8 Stories poster
Super 8 Stories
2001 • Self
The Widow of Saint-Pierre poster
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
2000 • Joseph Auguste Néel
No Image
Emir Kusturica
2000 • Himself
Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground poster
Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground
1996 • Himself
Underground poster
Underground
1995 • Dealer
Byzantine Empire '88 poster
Byzantine Empire '88
1988 • Mangup u tramvaju
Walter Defends Sarajevo poster
Walter Defends Sarajevo
1972 • Omladinac