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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