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.
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Acting History
2025
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp as Self
2025How I Waited for the Sun as Himself
2024"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov as Himself
2023Dule Savić and the Silence in London as Himself
2022Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom as Self
2022Scenes from the Life of BH Film as Himself
2020Good Morning, the Wind Blows as Himself
2019El Pepe: A Supreme Life as Self
2019Balkan Line as Taxi driver
2018Untold Stories of Eastern Europe
2018CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel as Self
2018Local Heroes - World Talents as Himself
2016To Make a Comedy Is No Fun as Self
2016On the Milky Road as Kosta
2015The Legend of the Palme d'Or as Self
2014Words with Gods as Monk (ep. "Our Life")
2014The Ice Forest as Secondo
2013The Scapegoat as Stojil
2013Who Is This Kusturica? as Himself
2013Balkan Spirit as Self - Director
2012The Whirl as Bogdanov otac
2012Walter as Himself
20127 Days in Havana as Actor (segment "Jam Session")
2012Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy as Himself
2011Nicostratos the Pelican as Démosthène
2009Farewell as Sergei Grigoriev
2008Maradona by Kusturica as Self
2006Secret Journey as Harold
2005Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires as Himself
2003Chaplin Today: The Circus as Self
2003The Good Thief as Vladimir
2003Strawberry in the Supermarket as General
2001Super 8 Stories as Self
2000The Widow of Saint-Pierre as Joseph Auguste Néel
2000Emir Kusturica as Himself
1998Vivement dimanche as Self
1996Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground as Himself
1996Once Upon a Time There Was a Country as Švercer oružja
1995Underground as Švercer oružja
1988Byzantine Empire as Mangup u tramvaju
1981The Guldbagge Awards as Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner
1972Walter Defends Sarajevo as Omladinac