Emir Kusturica
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.
22 directing credits · 42 acting credits
Directing · 22
Black Cat, White Cat
1998
Underground
1995
Arizona Dream
1993
Time of the Gypsies
1988
Maradona by Kusturica
2008
Once Upon a Time There Was a Country
1996
All the Invisible Children
2006
When Father Was Away on Business
1985
Words with Gods
2014
Do You Remember Dolly Bell?
1981
Buffet Titanic
1979
Time of the Gypsies
1990
Le court des grands
2005
Life Is a Miracle
2004
On the Milky Road
2016
Promise Me This
2007
El Pepe: A Supreme Life
2019
Guernica
1978
Super 8 Stories
2001
The Brides Are Coming
1978
Crime No Punishment
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Le Temps des Gitans Punk Opera
2007
Acting · 42
Vivement dimanche
1998
The Guldbagge Awards
1981
Balkan Line
2019
Underground
1995
The Good Thief
2003
Maradona by Kusturica
2008
Once Upon a Time There Was a Country
1996
Walter Defends Sarajevo
1972
Farewell
2009
Words with Gods
2014
7 Days in Havana
2012
"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov
2024
Nicostratos the Pelican
2011
On the Milky Road
2016
Balkan Spirit
2013
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
2012
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018
Strawberry in the Supermarket
2003
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
2000
The Scapegoat
2013
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
2015
El Pepe: A Supreme Life
2019
Secret Journey
2006
Untold Stories of Eastern Europe
2018
The Ice Forest
2014
Who Is This Kusturica?
2013
Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground
1996
The Whirl
2012
Scenes from the Life of BH Film
2022
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
2025
Walter
2012
Super 8 Stories
2001
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
2020
How I Waited for the Sun
2025
Local Heroes - World Talents
2018
Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom
2022
Byzantine Empire '88
1988
Chaplin Today: The Circus
2003
Dule Savić and the Silence in London
2023
Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires
2005
Emir Kusturica
2000