Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
November 24, 1954 (71 years old)
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Also Known As
- Емир Кустуриця
- Емір Кустуріца
- Эмир Кустурица
- ემირ კუსტურიცა
- 에밀 쿠스트리차
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
Acting
El Pepe: A Supreme Life
2019
Balkan Line
2019
On the Milky Road
2016
The Ice Forest
2014
The Scapegoat
2013
7 Days in Havana
2012
Nicostratos the Pelican
2011
Farewell
2009
Maradona by Kusturica
2008
The Good Thief
2003
Strawberry in the Supermarket
2003
Super 8 Stories
2001
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
2000
Underground
1995
Walter Defends Sarajevo
1972
Directing
El Pepe: A Supreme Life
Director
2019
On the Milky Road
Director, Writer
2016
Mozzarella Stories
Executive Producer
2011
Maradona by Kusturica
Director, Writer
2008
Promise Me This
Director, Producer, Writer
2007
All the Invisible Children
Director, Executive Producer
2006
Life Is a Miracle
Director, Writer, Producer
2004
Strawberry in the Supermarket
Producer, Executive Producer
2003
Super 8 Stories
Director
2001
Black Cat, White Cat
Director, Writer
1998
Underground
Director, Screenplay
1995
Arizona Dream
Director, Story
1993