Directing · Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina · Born November 24, 1954
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.
MovieChaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
2025
as Self
MovieHow I Waited for the Sun
2025
as Himself
Movie"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov
2024
as Himself
MovieDule Savić and the Silence in London
2023
as Himself
MovieSrpska: The Struggle for Freedom
2022
as Self
MovieScenes from the Life of BH Film
2022
as Himself
MovieGood Morning, the Wind Blows
2020
as Self
MovieEl Pepe: A Supreme Life
2019
as Self
MovieBalkan Line
2019
as Taxi driver
TVUntold Stories of Eastern Europe
2018
MovieCzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018
as Self
MovieLocal Heroes - World Talents
2018
as Himself
MovieTo Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016
as Self
MovieOn the Milky Road
2016
as Kosta
MovieThe Legend of the Palme d'Or
2015
as Self
MovieWords with Gods
2014
as Monk (ep. "Our Life")
MovieThe Ice Forest
2014
as Secondo
MovieThe Scapegoat
2013
as Stojil
MovieWho Is This Kusturica?
2013
as Himself
MovieBalkan Spirit
2013
as Self - Director
MovieThe Whirl
2012
as Bogdanov otac
MovieWalter
2012
as Himself
Movie7 Days in Havana
2012
as Actor (segment "Jam Session")
MovieKusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
2012
as Himself
MovieNicostratos the Pelican
2011
as Démosthène
MovieFarewell
2009
as Sergei Grigoriev
MovieMaradona by Kusturica
2008
as Self
MovieSecret Journey
2006
as Harold
MovieEmir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires
2005
as Himself
MovieChaplin Today: The Circus
2003
as Self
MovieThe Good Thief
2003
as Vladimir
MovieStrawberries in the Supermarket
2003
as General
MovieSuper 8 Stories
2001
as Self
MovieThe Widow of Saint-Pierre
2000
as Joseph Auguste Néel
Emir Kusturica
2000
as Himself
TVVivement dimanche
1998
as Self
MovieShooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground
1996
as Himself
TVOnce Upon a Time There Was a Country
1996
as Švercer oružja
MovieUnderground
1995
as Dealer
MovieByzantine Empire '88
1988
as Mangup u tramvaju
TVThe Guldbagge Awards
1981
as Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner
MovieWalter Defends Sarajevo
1972
as Omladinac
