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.
Cannes Film Festival
Palme d'Or
Cannes Best Director Award
Known For
Underground
(1995)
Director
Black Cat, White Cat
(1998)
Director
Arizona Dream
(1993)
Director
Time of the Gypsies
(1988)
Director
When Father Was Away on Business
(1985)
Director
On the Milky Road
(2016)
Director
Life Is a Miracle
(2004)
Director
Maradona by Kusturica
(2008)
Director
Do You Remember Dolly Bell?
(1981)
Director
All the Invisible Children
(2005)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Guernica
(1978)
Director
The Brides Are Coming
(1978)
Director
Buffet Titanic
(1979)
Director
Do You Remember Dolly Bell?
(1981)
Director
When Father Was Away on Business
(1985)
Director
Time of the Gypsies
(1988)
Director
Arizona Dream
(1993)
Director
Underground
(1995)
Director
Black Cat, White Cat
(1998)
Director
Super 8 Stories
(2001)
Director
Life Is a Miracle
(2004)
Director
All the Invisible Children
(2005)
Director
Le court des grands
(2005)
Director
Promise Me This
(2007)
Director
Le Temps des Gitans Punk Opera
(2007)
Director
Maradona by Kusturica
(2008)
Director
Words with Gods
(2014)
Director
On the Milky Road
(2016)
Director
El Pepe: A Supreme Life
(2019)
Director
Acting
Walter Defends Sarajevo
(1972)
Omladinac
Underground
(1995)
Švercer oružja
Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground
(1996)
Himself
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
(2000)
Joseph Auguste Néel
Emir Kusturica
(2000)
Himself
Super 8 Stories
(2001)
Self
The Good Thief
(2003)
Vladimir
Strawberry in the Supermarket
(2003)
General
Chaplin Today: 'The Circus'
(2003)
Self
Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires
(2005)
Himself
Secret Journey
(2006)
Harold
Maradona by Kusturica
(2008)
Self
Farewell
(2009)
Sergei Grigoriev
Nicostratos the Pelican
(2011)
Démosthène
The Whirl
(2012)
Bogdanov otac
7 Days in Havana
(2012)
Actor (segment "Jam Session")
Walter
(2012)
Himself
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
(2012)
Himself
The Scapegoat
(2013)
Stojil
Who Is This Kusturica?
(2013)
Himself
Balkan Spirit
(2013)
Himself - Director
Words with Gods
(2014)
Monk (ep. "Our Life")
The Ice Forest
(2014)
Secondo
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
(2015)
Self
On the Milky Road
(2016)
Kosta
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
(2016)
Self
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
(2018)
Self
El Pepe: A Supreme Life
(2019)
Self
Balkan Line
(2019)
Taxi driver
Buongiorno, tira il vento
(2020)
Self
Scenes from the Life of BH Film
(2022)
Himself
Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom
(2022)
Self
Dule Savić and the Silence in London
(2023)
Himself
Writing
Guernica
(1978)
Writer
Buffet Titanic
(1979)
Writer
Do You Remember Dolly Bell?
(1981)
Writer
The Worker's Life
(1987)
Writer
The Magpie Strategy
(1987)
Writer
Time of the Gypsies
(1988)
Writer
Arizona Dream
(1993)
Story
Underground
(1995)
Writer
Black Cat, White Cat
(1998)
Writer
Life Is a Miracle
(2004)
Writer
Promise Me This
(2007)
Writer
Maradona by Kusturica
(2008)
Writer
Words with Gods
(2014)
Writer
On the Milky Road
(2016)
Writer
Production
Strawberry in the Supermarket
(2003)
Producer and Executive Producer
Life Is a Miracle
(2004)
Producer
All the Invisible Children
(2005)
Executive Producer
Gucha!
(2006)
Producer
Promise Me This
(2007)
Producer
Mozzarella Stories
(2011)
Executive Producer
Sound