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.

Known For

Vivement dimanche

Self

The Ice Forest

Secondo

Farewell

Sergei Grigoriev

El Pepe: A Supreme Life

Self

Balkan Line

Taxi driver

Good Morning, the Wind Blows

Himself

7 Days in Havana

Actor (segment "Jam Session")

Scenes from the Life of BH Film

Himself

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	How I Waited for the Sun	Himself
2025	Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp	Self
2024	"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov	Himself
2023	Dule Savić and the Silence in London	Himself
2022	Scenes from the Life of BH Film	Himself
2022	Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom	Self
2020	Good Morning, the Wind Blows	Himself
2019	El Pepe: A Supreme Life	Self
2019	Balkan Line	Taxi driver
2018	CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel	Self
2018	Local Heroes - World Talents	Himself
2016	On the Milky Road	Kosta
2016	To Make a Comedy Is No Fun	Self
2015	The Legend of the Palme d'Or	Self
2014	Words with Gods	Monk (ep. "Our Life")
2014	The Ice Forest	Secondo
2013	The Scapegoat	Stojil
2013	Who Is This Kusturica?	Himself
2013	Balkan Spirit	Self - Director
2012	7 Days in Havana	Actor (segment "Jam Session")
2012	The Whirl	Bogdanov otac
2012	Walter	Himself
2012	Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy	Himself
2011	Nicostratos the Pelican	Démosthène
2009	Farewell	Sergei Grigoriev
2008	Maradona by Kusturica	Self
2006	Secret Journey	Harold
2005	Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires	Himself
2003	The Good Thief	Vladimir
2003	Strawberry in the Supermarket	General
2003	Chaplin Today: The Circus	Self
2001	Super 8 Stories	Self
2000	The Widow of Saint-Pierre	Joseph Auguste Néel
2000	Emir Kusturica	Himself
1996	Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground	Himself
1995	Underground	Švercer oružja
1988	Byzantine Empire	Mangup u tramvaju
1972	Walter Defends Sarajevo	Omladinac

Year	TV Show	Role
2018	Untold Stories of Eastern Europe
1998	Vivement dimanche	Self
1996	Once Upon a Time There Was a Country	Švercer oružja
1981	The Guldbagge Awards	Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner