Emir Kusturica
Known for: Directing
Born: November 24, 1954
Place of birth: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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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Filmography
59 movies · 5 TV shows, newest first
10.0
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
2025
10.0
How I Waited for the Sun
2025
6.5
"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov
2024
NR
Dule Savić and the Silence in London
2023
3.5
Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom
2022
NR
Scenes from the Life of BH Film
2022
NR
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
2020
7.3
El Pepe: A Supreme Life
2019
7.4
Balkan Line
2019
NR
Untold Stories of Eastern Europe
2018
6.5
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018
NR
Local Heroes - World Talents
2018
5.8
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016
6.5
On the Milky Road
2016
6.0
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
2015
5.7
Words with Gods
2014
4.7
The Ice Forest
2014
5.9
The Scapegoat
2013
6.0
Who Is This Kusturica?
2013
6.6
Balkan Spirit
2013
7.6
The Whirl
2012
7.0
Walter
2012
5.6
7 Days in Havana
2012
8.0
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
2012
6.0
Mozzarella Stories
2011
6.4
Nicostratos the Pelican
2011
6.5
Farewell
2009
6.3
Maradona by Kusturica
2008
10.0
Le Temps des Gitans Punk Opera
2007
6.6
Promise Me This
2007
7.0
Gucha!
2006
4.8
Secret Journey
2006
7.0
All the Invisible Children
2006
8.0
Le court des grands
2005
7.0
Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires
2005
10.0
TropiAbbas
2005
7.2
Life Is a Miracle
2004
6.3
Chaplin Today: The Circus
2003
6.1
The Good Thief
2003
6.8
Strawberries in the Supermarket
2003
6.1
Super 8 Stories
2001
6.6
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
2000NR
Emir Kusturica
2000
3.6
Vivement dimanche
1998
7.6
Black Cat, White Cat
1998
6.5
Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground
1996
8.8
Once Upon a Time There Was a Country
1996
7.7
Underground
1995
7.1
Arizona Dream
1993
NR
Bolo
1991
NR
Time of the Gypsies
1990
7.6
Time of the Gypsies
1988
NR
Byzantine Empire '88
1988
7.0
The Worker's Life
1987
8.0
The Magpie Strategy
1987
7.3
When Father Was Away on Business
1985
5.5
The Guldbagge Awards
1981
7.4
Do You Remember Dolly Bell?
1981
5.9
Buffet Titanic
1979
5.8
Guernica
1978
5.3
The Brides Are Coming
1978
7.1
Walter Defends Sarajevo
1972NR
Crime No Punishment
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The Woman from Čurug
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