Emir Kusturica
Directing Born Nov 24, 1954 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 24 credits
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.
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Full filmography
- Vivement dimanche (1998) as Self
- The Guldbagge Awards (1981) as Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner
- Balkan Line (2019) as Taxi driver
- Underground (1995) as Dealer
- Once Upon a Time There Was a Country (1996) as Švercer oružja
- The Good Thief (2003) as Vladimir
- On the Milky Road (2016) as Kosta
- Nicostratos the Pelican (2011) as Démosthène
- Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972) as Omladinac
- Farewell (2009) as Sergei Grigoriev
- 7 Days in Havana (2012) as Actor (segment "Jam Session")
- Maradona by Kusturica (2008) as Self
- Words with Gods (2014) as Monk (ep. "Our Life")
- The Widow of Saint-Pierre (2000) as Joseph Auguste Néel
- The Legend of the Palme d'Or (2015) as Self
- The Scapegoat (2013) as Stojil
- Secret Journey (2006) as Harold
- El Pepe: A Supreme Life (2019) as Self
- Untold Stories of Eastern Europe (2018)
- Balkan Spirit (2013) as Self - Director
- Walter (2012) as Himself
- Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy (2012) as Himself
- Strawberry in the Supermarket (2003) as General
- The Ice Forest (2014) as Secondo