Directed credits
19
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Emir Kusturica
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Directed movies: 17Directed series: 2All crew 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: 6.72
Wikidata: Q94882
Also known as
Емир Кустуриця • Емір Кустуріца • Эмир Кустурица • ემირ კუსტურიცა • 에밀 쿠스트리차 • 에미르 쿠스트리차
Frequent jobs
Director (19)Writer (4)Producer (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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Directed Movies
Movies directed by Emir Kusturica.
El Pepe: A Supreme Life
Director
2019 Movie
On the Milky Road
Director
2016 Movie
Words with Gods
Director
2014 Movie
Maradona by Kusturica
Director
2008 Movie
Le Temps des Gitans Punk Opera
Director
2007 Movie
Promise Me This
Director
2007 Movie
All the Invisible Children
Director
2006 Movie
Le court des grands
Director
2005 Movie
Life Is a Miracle
Director
2004 Movie
Super 8 Stories
Director
2001 Movie
Black Cat, White Cat
Director
1998 Movie
Underground
Director
1995 Movie
Arizona Dream
Director
1993 Movie
When Father Was Away on Business
Director
1985 Movie
Do You Remember Dolly Bell?
Director
1981 Movie
Guernica
Director
1978 Movie
The Brides Are Coming
Director
1978 Movie
Directed Series
Series directed by Emir Kusturica.
Once Upon a Time There Was a Country
Director • 6 eps
1996 Series
Time of the Gypsies
Director • 5 eps
1990 Series
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Emir Kusturica.
Underground
Director
1995 Movie
Black Cat, White Cat
Director
1998 Movie
Time of the Gypsies
Writer
1988 Movie
Balkan Line
as Taxi driver
2019 Movie
When Father Was Away on Business
Director
1985 Movie
Do You Remember Dolly Bell?
Director
1981 Movie
Life Is a Miracle
Director
2004 Movie
Arizona Dream
Director
1993 Movie
All the Invisible Children
Director
2006 Movie
On the Milky Road
Director
2016 Movie
Promise Me This
Director
2007 Movie
Farewell
as Sergei Grigoriev
2009 Movie
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Emir Kusturica.
Black Cat, White Cat
Director
1998 Movie
Buffet Titanic
Writer
1979 Movie
Balkan Line
as Taxi driver
2019 Movie
Underground
Director
1995 Movie
Arizona Dream
Director
1993 Movie
When Father Was Away on Business
Director
1985 Movie
The Brides Are Coming
Director
1978 Movie
Promise Me This
Director
2007 Movie
Time of the Gypsies
Writer
1988 Movie
The Magpie Strategy
Writer
1987 Movie
TropiAbbas
Music
2005 Movie
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
as Self
2015 Movie
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Emir Kusturica.
Vivement dimanche
as Self • 3 eps
1998 Series
The South Bank Show
1 eps
1978 Series
The Guldbagge Awards
as Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner • 1 eps
1981 Series
Time of the Gypsies
Director • 5 eps
1990 Series
Once Upon a Time There Was a Country
Director • 6 eps
1996 Series
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Emir Kusturica.
Mozzarella Stories
Executive Producer
2011 Movie
Gucha!
Producer
2006 Movie
TropiAbbas
Music
2005 Movie
Strawberries in the Supermarket
Producer
2003 Movie
Bolo
Thanks
1991 Movie
Time of the Gypsies
Writer
1988 Movie
The Magpie Strategy
Writer
1987 Movie
The Worker's Life
Writer
1987 Movie
Buffet Titanic
Writer
1979 Movie
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Emir Kusturica.
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
as Self
2025 Movie
How I Waited for the Sun
as Himself
2025 Movie
"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov
as Himself
2024 Movie
Dule Savić and the Silence in London
as Himself
2023 Movie
Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom
as Self
2022 Movie
Scenes from the Life of BH Film
as Self
2022 Movie
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
as Self
2020 Movie
El Pepe: A Supreme Life
as Self
2019 Movie
Balkan Line
as Taxi driver
2019 Movie
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
as Self
2018 Movie
Local Heroes - World Talents
as Himself
2018 Movie
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
as Self
2016 Movie
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Emir Kusturica.
Untold Stories of Eastern Europe
5 eps
2018 Series
Vivement dimanche
as Self • 3 eps
1998 Series
Once Upon a Time There Was a Country
as Švercer oružja • 6 eps
1996 Series
The Guldbagge Awards
as Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner • 1 eps
1981 Series
The South Bank Show
1 eps
1978 Series