Emir Kusturica
Serbian and French film director, screenwriter, writer, actor and musician · France · Directors · Born 1954 · age 71 · also Czechia · also Serbia
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Something wrong?One of two directors ever to win the Palme d'Or twice, and he did it with films about a boy whose father vanishes under Tito and a surreal war epic that blurs propaganda into myth. The Cannes podium loves him; the Balkans argue over him.
A life in dates
Chaplin: Spirit of the TrampFilm2019Czech Medal of Merit, 1st classAward
Balkan LineFilm, 2019Taxi driver2018Order of St. SavaAward
Untold Stories of Eastern EuropeSeries, 20182016Golden LionAwardOrder of FriendshipAward2015
The Legend of the Palme d'OrFilm2013Svetozar Ćorović AwardAward
Balkan SpiritFilm, 20132011
Mozzarella StoriesFilm, Producer2010Knight of the Legion of HonourAward2008
Maradona by KusturicaFilm, Director, Writer2007Commandeur des Arts et des LettresAward2006
All the Invisible ChildrenFilm, Director, Producer2005“I just don't get it. The pigeon was already dead, we found it in the road. And no other censor has objected. What is the problem with you, English?”In their words4 March 2005In an interview in The Guardian (4 March 2005) about a British censor demanding that a shot of a cat pouncing on a pigeon be cut from his“My father was an atheist and he always described himself as a Serb.”In their words4 March 2005As quoted in The Guardian (4 March 2005)César Award for Best Film from the European UnionAward2002“That is a Medieval way of drawing history, in which they do not respect the law and want the rest of the world to respect the law. That's not possible.”In their words8 July 2002When asked his opinion on U.S. unilateralism. Znet interview (8 July 2002)2001
Super 8 StoriesFilm, Director1998Silver LionAward
Vivement dimancheSeries, 1998
Black Cat, White CatFilm, 1998Director, Writer1996
Once Upon a Time There Was a CountrySeries, Director, Writer1995Palme d'OrAward
UndergroundFilm, 1995Director, Writer1993Silver BearAward1990
Time of the GypsiesSeries, Director, Creator1989Cannes Best Director AwardAward1988
Time of the GypsiesFilm, Director, Writer1985FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de CannesAward
When Father Was Away on BusinessFilm, 1985Director1981FIPRESCI Prize at Festival of VeniceAward
The Guldbagge AwardsSeries, 19811979
Buffet TitanicFilm, Director, Writer1978
The South Bank ShowSeries1972
Walter Defends SarajevoFilm, Omladinac1954Born24 November 1954Also in Deutsch
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In their own words 4
, I just don't get it. The pigeon was already dead, we found it in the road. And no other censor has objected. What is the problem with you, English?
My father was an atheist and he always described himself as a Serb.
That is a Medieval way of drawing history, in which they do not respect the law and want the rest of the world to respect the law. That's not possible.
Filmography 40
CTChaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
IP"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. ParadjanovBLBalkan Line
ELEl Pepe: A Supreme Life
OROn the Milky Road
TFTo Make a Comedy Is No FunTOThe Legend of the Palme d'Or
TFThe Ice Forest
WGWords with Gods
TSThe ScapegoatBSBalkan Spirit
DH7 Days in Havana
TWThe Whirl
WAWalter
NPNicostratos the PelicanMSMozzarella Stories
FAFarewellMKMaradona by Kusturica
PTPromise Me ThisACAll the Invisible Children
SJSecret Journey
GUGucha!
LMLife Is a Miracle
TTThe Good Thief
SSStrawberries in the Supermarket
CCChaplin Today: The CircusSSSuper 8 Stories
TPThe Widow of Saint-PierreBCBlack Cat, White Cat
SUShooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs UndergroundUNUnderground
ADArizona DreamTGTime of the Gypsies
TSThe Magpie StrategyWBWhen Father Was Away on Business
DBDo You Remember Dolly Bell?BTBuffet Titanic
TCThe Brides Are Coming
GUGuernicaWSWalter Defends Sarajevo94 credits on file
Television 6
UEUntold Stories of Eastern EuropeVDVivement dimancheOCOnce Upon a Time There Was a CountryTGTime of the GypsiesTAThe Guldbagge AwardsTSThe South Bank ShowAwards
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Born 24 November 1954, Kusturica began directing in the 1980s and quickly stacked festival hardware: a Silver Lion at Venice for his debut Do You Remember Dolly Bell?, the Best Director prize at Cannes for Time of the Gypsies, then Palmes for When Father Was Away on Business and Underground. A Silver Bear at Berlin for Arizona Dream and another Silver Lion for Black Cat, White Cat followed. France made him a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and later a chevalier of the Legion of Honour; he became a UNICEF ambassador in 2002. Since the mid-2000s he's lived in Drvengrad, a town he built for Life Is a Miracle in Serbia's Mokra Gora region, reconstructing bits of historic village as both set and home. He published an autobiography in 2010 and four other books since.
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