Emir Kusturica
- Directing
- November 24, 1954 · Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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
Filmography
- Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp · Self
- How I Waited for the Sun · Self
- "I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov · Self
- Dule Savić and the Silence in London · Self
- Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom · Self
- Scenes from the Life of BH Film · Self
- Good Morning, the Wind Blows · Self
- El Pepe: A Supreme Life · Self, Director
- Balkan Line · Taxi driver
- Untold Stories of Eastern Europe
- CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel · Self
- Local Heroes - World Talents · Self
- To Make a Comedy Is No Fun · Self
- On the Milky Road · Kosta, Director
- The Legend of the Palme d'Or · Self
- Words with Gods · Monk (ep. "Our Life"), Director
- The Ice Forest · Secondo
- The Scapegoat · Stojil
- Who Is This Kusturica? · Self
- Balkan Spirit · Self
- The Whirl · Bogdanov otac
- Walter · Self
- 7 Days in Havana · Actor (segment "Jam Session")
- Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy · Self
- Mozzarella Stories · Executive producer
- Nicostratos the Pelican · Démosthène
- Farewell · Sergei Grigoriev
- Maradona by Kusturica · Self, Director
- Le Temps des Gitans Punk Opera · Director
- Promise Me This · Director, Producer
- Gucha! · Producer
- Secret Journey · Harold
- All the Invisible Children · Director, Executive producer
- Le court des grands · Director
- Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires · Self
- TropiAbbas · Music
- Life Is a Miracle · Director, Writer
- Chaplin Today: The Circus · Self
- The Good Thief · Vladimir
- Strawberries in the Supermarket · General, Producer
- Super 8 Stories · Self, Director
- The Widow of Saint-Pierre · Joseph Auguste Néel
- Emir Kusturica · Self
- Vivement dimanche · Self
- Black Cat, White Cat · Director, Writer
- Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground · Self
- Once Upon a Time There Was a Country · Švercer oružja, Director
- Underground · Dealer, Director
- Arizona Dream · Director, Story
- Bolo · Thanks
- Time of the Gypsies · Director, Creator
- Time of the Gypsies · Director, Writer
- Byzantine Empire '88 · Mangup u tramvaju
- The Worker's Life · Writer
- The Magpie Strategy · Writer
- When Father Was Away on Business · Director
- The Guldbagge Awards · Self
- Do You Remember Dolly Bell? · Director, Writer
- Buffet Titanic · Director, Writer
- Guernica · Director, Writer
- The South Bank Show
- The Brides Are Coming · Director
- Walter Defends Sarajevo · Omladinac
- Crime No Punishment · Director
- The Woman from Čurug · Director, Writer
- Magic Bus · Director