Acting credits
40
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Emir Kusturica
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 55Series: 5Crew credits: 28
TMDB ID: 15254
IMDb ID: nm0001437
Known for: Directing
Born: November 24, 1954
Age: 71
Place of birth: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1972 - 2025
Years active: 54
Average TMDB rating: 6.76
Wikidata: Q94882
Also known as
Емир Кустуриця • Емір Кустуріца • Эмир Кустурица • ემირ კუსტურიცა • 에밀 쿠스트리차 • 에미르 쿠스트리차
Other jobs
Director (21)Producer (2)Writer (2)Executive Producer (1)Music (1)Thanks (1)
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Emir Kusturica.
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
as Self
2025 Movie
10.0
How I Waited for the Sun
as Himself
2025 Movie
6.5
"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov
as Himself
2024 Movie
Dule Savić and the Silence in London
as Himself
2023 Movie
3.5
Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom
as Self
2022 Movie
Scenes from the Life of BH Film
as Himself
2022 Movie
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
as Himself
2020 Movie
7.4
El Pepe: A Supreme Life
as Self
2019 Movie
7.4
Balkan Line
as Taxi driver
2019 Movie
6.5
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
as Self
2018 Movie
Local Heroes - World Talents
as Himself
2018 Movie
5.8
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
as Self
2016 Movie
6.5
On the Milky Road
as Kosta
2016 Movie
6.0
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
as Self
2015 Movie
5.7
Words with Gods
as Monk (ep. "Our Life")
2014 Movie
4.5
The Ice Forest
as Secondo
2014 Movie
5.9
The Scapegoat
as Stojil
2013 Movie
6.6
Balkan Spirit
as Self - Director
2013 Movie
7.6
The Whirl
as Bogdanov otac
2012 Movie
7.0
Walter
as Himself
2012 Movie
5.6
7 Days in Havana
as Actor (segment "Jam Session")
2012 Movie
8.0
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
as Himself
2012 Movie
5.9
Mozzarella Stories
Executive Producer
2011 Movie
6.5
Nicostratos the Pelican
as Démosthène
2011 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Emir Kusturica.
Untold Stories of Eastern Europe
5 eps
2018 Series
3.0
Vivement dimanche
as Self • 3 eps
1998 Series
9.0
Once Upon a Time There Was a Country
as Švercer oružja • 6 eps
1996 Series
Time of the Gypsies
Director • 5 eps
1990 Series
5.5
The Guldbagge Awards
as Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner • 1 eps
1981 Series