Emir Kusturica
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
Vivement dimanche
1998
The Guldbagge Awards
1981
Balkan Line
2019
The Good Thief
2003
Underground
1995
Walter Defends Sarajevo
1972
Farewell
2009
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
2025
On the Milky Road
2016
Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground
1996
The Whirl
2012
7 Days in Havana
2012
Maradona by Kusturica
2008
Words with Gods
2014
Once Upon a Time There Was a Country
1996
Byzantine Empire '88
1988
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
2015
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
2000
How I Waited for the Sun
2025
Walter
2012
The Ice Forest
2014
Untold Stories of Eastern Europe
2018
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
2012
Balkan Spirit
2013