Emir Kusturica
Department: Directing
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
2008
Farewell
2009
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
2000
Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires
2005
Secret Journey
2006
7 Days in Havana
2012
Nicostratos the Pelican
2011
Underground
1995
Scenes from the Life of BH Film
2022
The Scapegoat
2013
Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom
2022
The Whirl
2012
The Good Thief
2003
Words with Gods
2014
Dule Savić and the Silence in London
2023
The Ice Forest
2014
On the Milky Road
2016
Who Is This Kusturica?
2013
"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov
2024
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
2015
Strawberry in the Supermarket
2003
Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground
1996
El Pepe: A Supreme Life
2019
Balkan Spirit
2013
Walter
2012
Balkan Line
2019
Walter Defends Sarajevo
1972
Emir Kusturica
2000
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
2012
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018
Super 8 Stories
2001
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
2020
Chaplin Today: The Circus
2003
How I Waited for the Sun
2025
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
2025
Local Heroes - World Talents
2018
Byzantine Empire '88
1988
Untold Stories of Eastern Europe
2018
The Guldbagge Awards
1981
Vivement dimanche
1998
Once Upon a Time There Was a Country
1996