Emir Kusturica
Directing
42
Acting Credits
21
Directed
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...
Known For
Filmography
How I Waited for the Sun
2025
as Himself
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
2025
as Self
"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov
2024
as Himself
Dule Savić and the Silence in London
2023
as Himself
Scenes from the Life of BH Film
2022
as Himself
Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom
2022
as Self
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
2020
as Self
El Pepe: A Supreme Life
2019
as Self
Balkan Line
2019
as Taxi driver
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018
as Self
Local Heroes - World Talents
2018
as Himself
Untold Stories of Eastern Europe
2018
On the Milky Road
2016
as Kosta
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016
as Self
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
2015
as Self
Words with Gods
2014
as Monk (ep. "Our Life")
The Ice Forest
2014
as Secondo
The Scapegoat
2013
as Stojil
Who Is This Kusturica?
2013
as Himself
Balkan Spirit
2013
as Self - Director
7 Days in Havana
2012
as Actor (segment "Jam Session")
The Whirl
2012
as Bogdanov otac
Walter
2012
as Himself
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
2012
as Himself
Nicostratos the Pelican
2011
as Démosthène
Farewell
2009
as Sergei Grigoriev
Maradona by Kusturica
2008
as Self
Secret Journey
2006
as Harold
Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires
2005
as Himself
The Good Thief
2003
as Vladimir
Strawberries in the Supermarket
2003
as General
Chaplin Today: The Circus
2003
as Self
Super 8 Stories
2001
as Self
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
2000
as Joseph Auguste Néel
Emir Kusturica
2000
as Himself
Vivement dimanche
1998
as Self
Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground
1996
as Himself
Once Upon a Time There Was a Country
1996
as Švercer oružja
Underground
1995
as Dealer
Byzantine Empire '88
1988
as Mangup u tramvaju
The Guldbagge Awards
1981
as Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner
Walter Defends Sarajevo
1972
as Omladinac