Emir Kusturica

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Emir Kusturica

Directing 71 November 24, 1954

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 Ca…

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Black Cat, White Cat

Black Cat, White Cat

7.6 1998 Movie
Arizona Dream

Arizona Dream

7.1 1993 Movie
Underground

Underground

7.7 1995 Movie
Balkan Line

Balkan Line

7.4 2019 Movie
Time of the Gypsies

Time of the Gypsies

7.6 1988 Movie
Vivement dimanche

Vivement dimanche

3.6 1998 TV Show
Life Is a Miracle

Life Is a Miracle

7.2 2004 Movie
When Father Was Away on Business

When Father Was Away on Business

7.3 1985 Movie
Maradona by Kusturica

Maradona by Kusturica

6.3 2008 Movie
The Good Thief

The Good Thief

6.1 2003 Movie
Farewell

Farewell

6.5 2009 Movie
7 Days in Havana

7 Days in Havana

5.6 2012 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp

    Movie Self

  2. 2025
    How I Waited for the Sun

    Movie Himself

  3. 2024
    "I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov

    Movie Himself

  4. 2023
    Dule Savić and the Silence in London

    Movie Himself

  5. 2022
    Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom

    Movie Self

  6. 2022
    Scenes from the Life of BH Film

    Movie Himself

  7. 2020
    Good Morning, the Wind Blows

    Movie Self

  8. 2019
    El Pepe: A Supreme Life

    Movie Self

  9. 2019
    Balkan Line

    Movie Taxi driver

  10. 2018
    Untold Stories of Eastern Europe

    TV show

  11. 2018
    CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

    Movie Self

  12. 2018
    Local Heroes - World Talents

    Movie Himself

  13. 2016
    To Make a Comedy Is No Fun

    Movie Self

  14. 2016
    On the Milky Road

    Movie Kosta

  15. 2015
    The Legend of the Palme d'Or

    Movie Self

  16. 2014
    Words with Gods

    Movie Monk (ep. "Our Life")

More credits
  1. 2014
    The Ice Forest

    Movie Secondo

  2. 2013
    The Scapegoat

    Movie Stojil

  3. 2013
    Who Is This Kusturica?

    Movie Himself

  4. 2013
    Balkan Spirit

    Movie Self - Director

  5. 2012
    The Whirl

    Movie Bogdanov otac

  6. 2012
    Walter

    Movie Himself

  7. 2012
    7 Days in Havana

    Movie Actor (segment "Jam Session")

  8. 2012
    Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy

    Movie Himself

  9. 2011
    Mozzarella Stories

    Movie Executive Producer

  10. 2011
    Nicostratos the Pelican

    Movie Démosthène

  11. 2009
    Farewell

    Movie Sergei Grigoriev

  12. 2008
    Maradona by Kusturica

    Movie Self

  13. 2007
    Le Temps des Gitans Punk Opera

    Movie Director

  14. 2007
    Promise Me This

    Movie Director

  15. 2006
    Gucha!

    Movie Producer

  16. 2006
    Secret Journey

    Movie Harold

  17. 2006
    All the Invisible Children

    Movie Director

  18. 2005
    Le court des grands

    Movie Director

  19. 2005
    Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires

    Movie Himself

  20. 2005
    TropiAbbas

    Movie Music

  21. 2004
    Life Is a Miracle

    Movie Director

  22. 2003
    Chaplin Today: The Circus

    Movie Self

  23. 2003
    The Good Thief

    Movie Vladimir

  24. 2003
    Strawberries in the Supermarket

    Movie General