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.
Chaplin | Spirit of the Tramp
Self
2025
How I Waited for the Sun
Himself
2025
"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov
Himself
2024
Dule Savić and the Silence in London
Himself
2023
Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom
Self
2022
Scenes from the Life of BH Film
Himself
2022
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
Himself
2020
El Pepe: A Supreme Life
Self
2019
Balkan Line
Taxi driver
2019
Untold Stories of Eastern Europe
(5 episodes)
2018
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Self
2018
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
Self
2016
On the Milky Road
Kosta
2016
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
Self
2015
Words with Gods
Monk (ep. "Our Life")
2014
The Ice Forest
Secondo
2014
The Scapegoat
Stojil
2013
Who Is This Kusturica?
Himself
2013
Balkan Spirit
Self - Director
2013
The Whirl
Bogdanov otac
2012
Walter
Himself
2012
7 Days in Havana
Actor (segment "Jam Session")
2012
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
Himself
2012
Nicostratos the Pelican
Démosthène
2011
Farewell
Sergei Grigoriev
2009
Maradona by Kusturica
Self
2008
Secret Journey
Harold
2006
Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires
Himself
2005
Chaplin Today: 'The Circus'
Self
2003
Strawberry in the Supermarket
General
2003
The Good Thief
Vladimir
2002
Super 8 Stories
Self
2001
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
Joseph Auguste Néel
2000
Emir Kusturica
Himself
2000
Vivement dimanche
Self · (3 episodes)
1998
Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground
Himself
1996
Once Upon a Time There Was a Country
Švercer oružja · (6 episodes)
1996
Underground
Švercer oružja
1995
The Guldbagge Awards
Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner · (1 episode)
1981
Walter Defends Sarajevo
Omladinac
1972