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Emir Kusturica

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Birthdate

1954-11-24 (Age: 72)

Place of Birth

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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. 

Filmography (38)

⭐ 10.0 Role: Self

Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp

2025
⭐ 10.0 Role: Himself

How I Waited for the Sun

2025
⭐ 6.5 Role: Himself

"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov

2024
⭐ 0 Role: Himself

Dule Savić and the Silence in London

2023
⭐ 3.5 Role: Self

Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom

2022
⭐ 0 Role: Himself

Scenes from the Life of BH Film

2022
⭐ 0 Role: Self

Good Morning, the Wind Blows

2020
⭐ 7.3 Role: Self

El Pepe: A Supreme Life

2019
⭐ 7.4 Role: Taxi driver

Balkan Line

2019
⭐ 6.5 Role: Self

CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

2018
⭐ 0 Role: Himself

Local Heroes - World Talents

2018
⭐ 5.8 Role: Self

To Make a Comedy Is No Fun

2016
⭐ 6.5 Role: Kosta

On the Milky Road

2016
⭐ 6.0 Role: Self

The Legend of the Palme d'Or

2015
⭐ 5.7 Role: Monk (ep. "Our Life")

Words with Gods

2014