Cast & creator
Emir Kusturica
Best known for The South Bank Show, Vivement dimanche, The Guldbagge Awards
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.
Also known as: Емир Кустуриця, Емір Кустуріца, Эмир Кустурица, ემირ კუსტურიცა, 에밀 쿠스트리차
84
film credits
10
television credits
43
1972–2025 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (94)
Showing 94 of 94 credits
The South Bank Show
1978
Vivement dimanche
Self
1998
The Guldbagge Awards
Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner
1981
Black Cat, White Cat
Director
1998Black Cat, White Cat
Writer
1998
Arizona Dream
Director
1993Arizona Dream
Story
1993
Balkan Line
Taxi driver
2019
7 Days in Havana
Actor (segment "Jam Session")
2012
Underground
Dealer
1995Underground
Director
1995Underground
Screenplay
1995
Time of the Gypsies
Director
1988Time of the Gypsies
Writer
1988
The Good Thief
Vladimir
2003
Once Upon a Time There Was a Country
Švercer oružja
1996Once Upon a Time There Was a Country
Director
1996Once Upon a Time There Was a Country
Writer
1996Once Upon a Time There Was a Country
Creator
1996
When Father Was Away on Business
Director
1985
Walter Defends Sarajevo
Omladinac
1972
Do You Remember Dolly Bell?
Director
1981Do You Remember Dolly Bell?
Writer
1981
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
Joseph Auguste Néel
2000
On the Milky Road
Kosta
2016On the Milky Road
Director
2016On the Milky Road
Writer
2016
All the Invisible Children
Director
2006All the Invisible Children
Executive Producer
2006
Life Is a Miracle
Director
2004Life Is a Miracle
Producer
2004Life Is a Miracle
Writer
2004
Farewell
Sergei Grigoriev
2009
Time of the Gypsies
Director
1990Time of the Gypsies
Creator
1990
The Ice Forest
Secondo
2014
Buffet Titanic
Director
1979Buffet Titanic
Writer
1979
The Scapegoat
Stojil
2013
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
Self
2015The Woman from Čurug
Director
The Woman from Čurug
Writer
Le court des grands
Director
2005
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
Self
2016
Words with Gods
Monk (ep. "Our Life")
2014Words with Gods
Writer
2014Words with Gods
Director
2014
Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground
Himself
1996
Promise Me This
Director
2007Promise Me This
Producer
2007Promise Me This
Writer
2007
The Brides Are Coming
Director
1978
Maradona by Kusturica
Self
2008Maradona by Kusturica
Director
2008Maradona by Kusturica
Writer
2008
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
Self
2025
Bolo
Thanks
1991
Walter
Himself
2012
Gucha!
Producer
2006
Byzantine Empire '88
Mangup u tramvaju
1988
The Magpie Strategy
Writer
1987
TropiAbbas
Music
2005
Mozzarella Stories
Executive Producer
2011
Untold Stories of Eastern Europe
2018
Chaplin Today: The Circus
Self
2003
Secret Journey
Harold
2006
Scenes from the Life of BH Film
Himself
2022
Strawberries in the Supermarket
General
2003Strawberries in the Supermarket
Producer
2003Strawberries in the Supermarket
Executive Producer
2003
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
Self
2020
Nicostratos the Pelican
Démosthène
2011
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
Himself
2012
The Whirl
Bogdanov otac
2012
Who Is This Kusturica?
Himself
2013Emir Kusturica
Himself
2000
Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires
Himself
2005
El Pepe: A Supreme Life
Self
2019El Pepe: A Supreme Life
Director
2019
Super 8 Stories
Self
2001Super 8 Stories
Director
2001
"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov
Himself
2024
Balkan Spirit
Self - Director
2013
Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom
Self
2022Crime No Punishment
Director
How I Waited for the Sun
Himself
2025
Dule Savić and the Silence in London
Himself
2023Magic Bus
Director
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Self
2018
Guernica
Director
1978Guernica
Writer
1978
The Worker's Life
Writer
1987
Le Temps des Gitans Punk Opera
Director
2007
Local Heroes - World Talents
Himself
2018