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

Maradona by Kusturica

The Widow of Saint-Pierre

19 April 2000

Strawberry in the Supermarket

6 February 2003

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2024	I Will Revenge This World With Love - S. Paradjanov	Himself
2023	Dule Savić and the Silence in London	Himself
2022	Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom	Self
2022	Scenes from the Life of BH Film	Himself
2020	Good Morning, the Wind Blows	Himself
2019	Balkan Line	Taxi driver
2019	El Pepe: A Supreme Life	Self
2018	CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel	Self
2018	Untold Stories of Eastern Europe
2016	On the Milky Road	Kosta
2016	To Make a Comedy Is No Fun	Self
2015	The Legend of the Palme d'Or	Self
2014	The Ice Forest	Secondo
2014	Words with Gods	Monk (ep. "Our Life")
2013	The Scapegoat	Stojil
2013	Balkan Spirit	Self - Director
2013	Who Is This Kusturica?	Himself
2012	7 Days in Havana	Actor (segment "Jam Session")
2012	The Whirl	Bogdanov otac
2012	Walter	Himself
2012	Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy	Himself
2011	Nicostratos the Pelican	Démosthène
2009	Farewell	Sergei Grigoriev
2008	Maradona by Kusturica	Self
2006	Secret Journey	Harold
2005	Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires	Himself
2003	The Good Thief	Vladimir
2003	Strawberry in the Supermarket	General
2003	Chaplin Today: 'The Circus'	Self
2001	Super 8 Stories	Self
2000	The Widow of Saint-Pierre	Joseph Auguste Néel
2000	Emir Kusturica	Himself
1998	Vivement dimanche	Self
1996	Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground	Himself
1995	Underground	Švercer oružja
1981	The Guldbagge Awards	Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner
1972	Walter Defends Sarajevo	Omladinac

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
—	Time of the Gypsies	Creator
—	Time of the Gypsies	Director
2019	El Pepe: A Supreme Life	Director
2016	On the Milky Road	Director
2016	On the Milky Road	Writer
2014	Words with Gods	Director
2014	Words with Gods	Writer
2011	Mozzarella Stories	Executive Producer
2008	Maradona by Kusturica	Director
2008	Maradona by Kusturica	Writer
2007	Promise Me This	Director
2007	Promise Me This	Producer
2007	Promise Me This	Writer
2007	Le Temps des Gitans Punk Opera	Director
2006	Gucha!	Producer
2005	All the Invisible Children	Director
2005	All the Invisible Children	Executive Producer
2005	Le court des grands	Director
2005	TropiAbbas	Music
2004	Life Is a Miracle	Director
2004	Life Is a Miracle	Writer
2004	Life Is a Miracle	Producer
2003	Strawberry in the Supermarket	Producer
2003	Strawberry in the Supermarket	Executive Producer
2001	Super 8 Stories	Director
1998	Black Cat, White Cat	Director
1998	Black Cat, White Cat	Writer
1996	Once Upon a Time There Was a Country	Director
1996	Once Upon a Time There Was a Country	Writer
1996	Once Upon a Time There Was a Country	Creator
1995	Underground	Director
1995	Underground	Writer
1993	Arizona Dream	Director
1993	Arizona Dream	Story
1988	Time of the Gypsies	Director
1988	Time of the Gypsies	Writer
1987	The Worker's Life	Writer
1987	The Magpie Strategy	Writer
1985	When Father Was Away on Business	Director
1981	Do You Remember Dolly Bell?	Director
1981	Do You Remember Dolly Bell?	Writer
1979	Buffet Titanic	Director
1979	Buffet Titanic	Writer
1978	Guernica	Director
1978	Guernica	Writer
1978	The Brides Are Coming	Director