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.
Known For
Top 38 Movies
Balkan Line
2019
Underground
1995
The Good Thief
2003
The Whirl
2012
On the Milky Road
2016
Balkan Spirit
2013
Farewell
2009
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
2000
7 Days in Havana
2012
Walter Defends Sarajevo
1972
Words with Gods
2014
Strawberry in the Supermarket
2003
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
2025
Secret Journey
2006
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
2012
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
2015
The Scapegoat
2013
"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov
2024
Nicostratos the Pelican
2011
Local Heroes - World Talents
2018
Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground
1996
The Ice Forest
2014
Chaplin Today: The Circus
2003
El Pepe: A Supreme Life
2019
Maradona by Kusturica
2008
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
2020
Scenes from the Life of BH Film
2022
Super 8 Stories
2001
Byzantine Empire '88
1988
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018
Walter
2012
How I Waited for the Sun
2025
Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom
2022
Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires
2005
Dule Savić and the Silence in London
2023