Personal Info
Birthday
November 24, 1954
Place of Birth
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Known For
Directing
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.
Directed Movies (21)
7.3
El Pepe: A Supreme Life
Movie2019
6.5
On the Milky Road
Movie2016
5.7
Words with Gods
Movie2014
6.3
Maradona by Kusturica
Movie2008
No Backdrop
10.0
Le Temps des Gitans Punk Opera
Movie2007
6.5
Promise Me This
Movie2007
7.0
All the Invisible Children
Movie2006
No Backdrop
8.0
Le court des grands
Movie2005
7.2
Life Is a Miracle
Movie2004
6.1
Super 8 Stories
Movie2001
7.7
Black Cat, White Cat
Movie1998
8.8
Once Upon a Time There Was a Country
TV Series1996
7.7
Underground
Movie1995
7.1
Arizona Dream
Movie1993
0.0
Time of the Gypsies
TV Series1990
7.6
Time of the Gypsies
Movie1988
7.3
When Father Was Away on Business
Movie1985
7.4
Do You Remember Dolly Bell?
Movie1981
No Backdrop
5.9
Buffet Titanic
Movie1979
No Backdrop
5.7
Guernica
Movie1978
No Backdrop
5.3
The Brides Are Coming
Movie1978
Acting Filmography (41)
10.0
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
Movie2025
10.0
How I Waited for the Sun
Movie2025
6.5
"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov
Movie2024
No Backdrop
0.0
Dule Savić and the Silence in London
Movie2023
3.5
Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom
Movie2022
No Backdrop
0.0
Scenes from the Life of BH Film
Movie2022
0.0
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
Movie2020
7.3
El Pepe: A Supreme Life
Movie2019
7.4
Balkan Line
Movie2019
0.0
Untold Stories of Eastern Europe
TV Series2018
No Backdrop
6.5
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Movie2018
No Backdrop
0.0
Local Heroes - World Talents
Movie2018
5.8
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
Movie2016
6.5
On the Milky Road
Movie2016
6.0
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
Movie2015
5.7
Words with Gods
Movie2014
4.7
The Ice Forest
Movie2014
5.9
The Scapegoat
Movie2013
No Backdrop
6.0
Who Is This Kusturica?
Movie2013
No Backdrop
6.6
Balkan Spirit
Movie2013
No Backdrop
7.6
The Whirl
Movie2012
No Backdrop
7.0
Walter
Movie2012
5.6
7 Days in Havana
Movie2012
No Backdrop
8.0
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
Movie2012
6.4
Nicostratos the Pelican
Movie2011
6.5
Farewell
Movie2009
6.3
Maradona by Kusturica
Movie2008
4.8
Secret Journey
Movie2006
No Backdrop
7.0
Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires
Movie2005
6.3
Chaplin Today: The Circus
Movie2003
6.1
The Good Thief
Movie2003
6.8
Strawberries in the Supermarket
Movie2003
6.1
Super 8 Stories
Movie2001
6.6
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
Movie2000
3.6
Vivement dimanche
TV Series1998
No Backdrop
6.5
Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground
Movie1996
8.8
Once Upon a Time There Was a Country
TV Series1996
7.7
Underground
Movie1995
No Backdrop
0.0
Byzantine Empire '88
Movie1988
5.5
The Guldbagge Awards
TV Series1981
7.0
Walter Defends Sarajevo
Movie1972