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.

Directed

1. Black Cat, White Cat (1998) — Director
2. Underground (1995) — Director
3. Arizona Dream (1993) — Director
4. Time of the Gypsies (1988) — Director
5. Life Is a Miracle (2004) — Director
6. Maradona by Kusturica (2008) — Director
7. When Father Was Away on Business (1985) — Director
8. On the Milky Road (2016) — Director
9. Promise Me This (2007) — Director
10. Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981) — Director
11. All the Invisible Children (2006) — Director
12. El Pepe: A Supreme Life (2019) — Director
13. Guernica (1978) — Director
14. Super 8 Stories (2001) — Director
15. The Brides Are Coming (1978) — Director
16. Buffet Titanic (1979) — Director
17. Once Upon a Time There Was a Country (1996) — Director
18. Words with Gods (2014) — Director
19. Le court des grands (2005) — Director
20. Le Temps des Gitans Punk Opera (2007) — Director
21. Time of the Gypsies (1990) — Director
22. Crime No Punishment — Director
23. The Woman from Čurug — Director

Also appeared in

1. Underground (1995) — Dealer
2. Balkan Line (2019) — Taxi driver
3. Maradona by Kusturica (2008) — Self
4. The Good Thief (2003) — Vladimir
5. Farewell (2009) — Sergei Grigoriev
6. The Scapegoat (2013) — Stojil
7. 7 Days in Havana (2012) — Actor (segment "Jam Session")
8. On the Milky Road (2016) — Kosta
9. The Widow of Saint-Pierre (2000) — Joseph Auguste Néel
10. Nicostratos the Pelican (2011) — Démosthène
11. Strawberries in the Supermarket (2003) — General
12. El Pepe: A Supreme Life (2019) — Self
13. Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972) — Omladinac
14. The Ice Forest (2014) — Secondo
15. Super 8 Stories (2001) — Self
16. Chaplin Today: The Circus (2003) — Self
17. Once Upon a Time There Was a Country (1996) — Švercer oružja
18. Secret Journey (2006) — Harold
19. Words with Gods (2014) — Monk (ep. "Our Life")
20. Vivement dimanche (1998) — Self
21. The Legend of the Palme d'Or (2015) — Self
22. The Whirl (2012) — Bogdanov otac
23. Balkan Spirit (2013) — Self - Director
24. Walter (2012) — Himself
25. To Make a Comedy Is No Fun (2016) — Self
26. Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom (2022) — Self
27. "I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov (2024) — Himself
28. Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground (1996) — Himself
29. Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy (2012) — Himself
30. CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel (2018) — Self
31. Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp (2025) — Self
32. The Guldbagge Awards (1981) — Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner
33. Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires (2005) — Himself
34. Dule Savić and the Silence in London (2023) — Himself
35. Who Is This Kusturica? (2013) — Himself
36. How I Waited for the Sun (2025) — Himself
37. Scenes from the Life of BH Film (2022) — Himself
38. Emir Kusturica (2000) — Himself
39. Good Morning, the Wind Blows (2020) — Self
40. Local Heroes - World Talents (2018) — Himself