Emir Kusturica

Directing · Born 1954-11-24 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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.

Filmography

• Maradona by Kusturica as Self
• Farewell as Sergei Grigoriev
• The Widow of Saint-Pierre as Joseph Auguste Néel
• Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires as Himself
• Secret Journey as Harold
• 7 Days in Havana as Actor (segment "Jam Session")
• Nicostratos the Pelican as Démosthène
• Underground as Dealer
• The Scapegoat as Stojil
• Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom as Self