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 (35 movies)
Maradona by Kusturica
2008
Farewell
2009
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
2000
Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires
2005
Secret Journey
2006
7 Days in Havana
2012
Nicostratos the Pelican
2011
Underground
1995
Scenes from the Life of BH Film
2022
The Scapegoat
2013
Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom
2022
The Whirl
2012
The Good Thief
2003
Words with Gods
2014
Dule Savić and the Silence in London
2023
The Ice Forest
2014
On the Milky Road
2016
"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov
2024
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
2015
Strawberry in the Supermarket
2003
Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground
1996
El Pepe: A Supreme Life
2019
Balkan Spirit
2013
Walter
2012
Balkan Line
2019
Walter Defends Sarajevo
1972
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
2012
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018
Super 8 Stories
2001
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
2020
Chaplin Today: 'The Circus'
2003
How I Waited for the Sun
2025
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
2025
Local Heroes - World Talents
2018
Directing (19 movies)
Black Cat, White Cat
1998
When Father Was Away on Business
1985
Time of the Gypsies
1988
Life Is a Miracle
2004
Arizona Dream
1993
Promise Me This
2007
All the Invisible Children
2005
Underground
1995
Maradona by Kusturica
2008
Buffet Titanic
1979
Do You Remember Dolly Bell?
1981
Guernica
1978
Super 8 Stories
2001
The Brides Are Coming
1978
Words with Gods
2014
On the Milky Road
2016
Le court des grands
2005
Le Temps des Gitans Punk Opera
2007
El Pepe: A Supreme Life
2019
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Guernica | 1978 | Writer |
| Buffet Titanic | 1979 | Writer |
| Do You Remember Dolly Bell? | 1981 | Writer |
| The Worker's Life | 1987 | Writer |
| The Magpie Strategy | 1987 | Writer |
| Time of the Gypsies | 1988 | Writer |
| Underground | 1995 | Writer |
| Black Cat, White Cat | 1998 | Writer |
| Strawberry in the Supermarket | 2003 | Producer |
| Strawberry in the Supermarket | 2003 | Executive Producer |
| Life Is a Miracle | 2004 | Writer |
| Life Is a Miracle | 2004 | Producer |
| All the Invisible Children | 2005 | Executive Producer |
| Gucha! | 2006 | Producer |
| Promise Me This | 2007 | Producer |
| Promise Me This | 2007 | Writer |
| Maradona by Kusturica | 2008 | Writer |
| Mozzarella Stories | 2011 | Executive Producer |
| Words with Gods | 2014 | Writer |
| On the Milky Road | 2016 | Writer |