Emir Kusturica

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1954-11-24 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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. 

Acting

2009

Farewell

as Sergei Grigoriev

2000

The Widow of Saint-Pierre

as Joseph Auguste Néel

2006

2012

7 Days in Havana

as Actor (segment "Jam Session")

2011

1995

Underground

as Švercer oružja

2013

The Scapegoat

as Stojil

2012

The Whirl

as Bogdanov otac

2003

The Good Thief

as Vladimir

2014

Words with Gods

as Monk (ep. "Our Life")

2014

The Ice Forest

as Secondo

2016

2013

Balkan Spirit

as Self - Director

2012

Walter

as Himself

2019

Balkan Line

as Taxi driver

1972

2000

Emir Kusturica

as Himself

2001

1988

Byzantine Empire

as Mangup u tramvaju

Production

1998

2006

Gucha!

as Producer

2004

1988

1988

2004

2004

1993

Arizona Dream

as Director

2007

Promise Me This

as Director

2007

Promise Me This

as Producer

1995

Underground

as Director

1995

Underground

as Writer

2008

1979

Buffet Titanic

as Director

1979

1978

Guernica

as Director

2001

Super 8 Stories

as Director

2003

Strawberry in the Supermarket

as Executive Producer

1978

2014

2014

Words with Gods

as Director

2016

2016

2005

2007

1978

Guernica

as Writer

2005

All the Invisible Children

as Executive Producer

2005

TropiAbbas

as Music

2011

Mozzarella Stories

as Executive Producer

1987

1987

1993

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