Emir Kusturica

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1954-11-24 (70 years old)

Place of Birth Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Also Known As Емир Кустуриця, Емір Кустуріца, Эмир Кустурица, ემირ კუსტურიცა, 에밀 쿠스트리차, 에미르 쿠스트리차

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

Director

2019
2016
On the Milky Road

as Director

2014
Words with Gods

as Director

2008
2007
Promise Me This

as Director

2005
2004
Life Is a Miracle

as Director

2001
Super 8 Stories

as Director

1998
1995
Underground

as Director

1993
Arizona Dream

as Director

1990
1988
1979
Buffet Titanic

as Director

1978
Guernica

as Director

1978

Actor

2019
Balkan Line

as Taxi driver

2016
2014
Words with Gods

as Monk (ep. "Our Life")

2014
The Ice Forest

as Secondo

2013
The Scapegoat

as Stojil

2013
2013
Balkan Spirit

as Self - Director

2012
The Whirl

as Bogdanov otac

2012
Walter

as Himself

2012
7 Days in Havana

as Actor (segment "Jam Session")

2011
Nicostratos the Pelican

as Démosthène

2009
Farewell

as Sergei Grigoriev

2006
Secret Journey

as Harold

2003
The Good Thief

as Vladimir

2001
2000
The Widow of Saint-Pierre

as Joseph Auguste Néel

2000
Emir Kusturica

as Himself

1998
1996
1995
Underground

as Švercer oružja

1981
The Guldbagge Awards

as Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner

1972

Writer

2016
2014
Words with Gods

as Writer

2008
2007
Promise Me This

as Writer

2004
1998
1995
Underground

as Writer

1993
Arizona Dream

as Story

1988
1987
1987
1979
Buffet Titanic

as Writer

1978
Guernica

as Writer

Producer

2011
Mozzarella Stories

as Executive Producer

2007
Promise Me This

as Producer

2006
Gucha!

as Producer

2005
All the Invisible Children

as Executive Producer

2004
Life Is a Miracle

as Producer

2003
Strawberry in the Supermarket

as Executive Producer

Creator

Sound

2005
TropiAbbas

as Music