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

Vivement dimanche

The Guldbagge Awards

Balkan Line

Underground

Once Upon a Time There Was a Country

The Good Thief

Farewell

Walter Defends Sarajevo

All Movies (38)

• Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp2025 · as Self
• How I Waited for the Sun2025 · as Himself
• "I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov2024 · as Himself
• Dule Savić and the Silence in London2023 · as Himself
• Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom2022 · as Self
• Scenes from the Life of BH Film2022 · as Himself
• Good Morning, the Wind Blows2020 · as Self
• El Pepe: A Supreme Life2019 · as Self
• Balkan Line2019 · as Taxi driver
• CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel2018 · as Self
• Local Heroes - World Talents2018 · as Himself
• To Make a Comedy Is No Fun2016 · as Self
• On the Milky Road2016 · as Kosta
• The Legend of the Palme d'Or2015 · as Self
• Words with Gods2014 · as Monk (ep. "Our Life")
• The Ice Forest2014 · as Secondo
• The Scapegoat2013 · as Stojil
• Who Is This Kusturica?2013 · as Himself
• Balkan Spirit2013 · as Self - Director
• The Whirl2012 · as Bogdanov otac
• Walter2012 · as Himself
• 7 Days in Havana2012 · as Actor (segment "Jam Session")
• Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy2012 · as Himself
• Nicostratos the Pelican2011 · as Démosthène
• Farewell2009 · as Sergei Grigoriev
• Maradona by Kusturica2008 · as Self
• Secret Journey2006 · as Harold
• Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires2005 · as Himself
• Chaplin Today: The Circus2003 · as Self
• The Good Thief2003 · as Vladimir
• Strawberry in the Supermarket2003 · as General
• Super 8 Stories2001 · as Self
• The Widow of Saint-Pierre2000 · as Joseph Auguste Néel
• Emir Kusturica2000 · as Himself
• Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground1996 · as Himself
• Underground1995 · as Dealer
• Byzantine Empire '881988 · as Mangup u tramvaju
• Walter Defends Sarajevo1972 · as Omladinac

All TV Shows (4)

• Untold Stories of Eastern Europe2018
• Vivement dimanche1998 · as Self
• Once Upon a Time There Was a Country1996 · as Švercer oružja
• The Guldbagge Awards1981 · as Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner