Emir Kusturica

Personal Info

Birthday

November 24, 1954

(70 years old)

Place of Birth

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Also Known As

Емир Кустуриця

Емір Кустуріца

Эмир Кустурица

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Emir Kusturica

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

Balkan Line

Underground

On the Milky Road

7 Days in Havana

The Good Thief

Farewell

Once Upon a Time There Was a Country

The Scapegoat

Filmography

2025
Chaplin | Spirit of the Tramp
as Self
How I Waited for the Sun
as Himself
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
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
Balkan Line
as Taxi driver
2018
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
as Self
Local Heroes - World Talents
as Himself
2016
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
as Self
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")
The Ice Forest
as Secondo
2013
The Scapegoat
as Stojil
Who Is This Kusturica?
as Himself
Balkan Spirit
as Self - Director
2012
The Whirl
as Bogdanov otac
Walter
as Himself
7 Days in Havana
as Actor (segment "Jam Session")
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
Strawberry in the Supermarket
as General
2002
The Good Thief
as Vladimir
2001
Super 8 Stories
as Self
2000
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
as Joseph Auguste Néel
Emir Kusturica
as Himself
1996
Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground
as Himself
1995
Underground
as Švercer oružja
1972
Walter Defends Sarajevo
as Omladinac