Emir Kusturica
Film director
1954 –
Who is Emir Kusturica?
Emir Kusturica is a Serbian filmmaker, actor and musician. He has been recognized for several internationally acclaimed feature films, as well as his projects in town-building. He has twice won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, as well as being named Commander of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Since the mid-2000s, Kusturica's primary residence has been in Drvengrad, a town built for his film Life Is a Miracle, in the Mokra Gora region of Serbia. He had portions of the historic village reconstructed for the film. He is a member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republika Srpska since 9 November 2011.
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- Born
- Nov 24, 1954
Sarajevo - Also known as
- Kusta
- Емир Немања Кустурица
- Emir Nemanja Kusturica
- Nemanja
- Nemanja Kusturica
- Parents
- Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Serbian Orthodox Church
- Ethnicity
- Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Nationality
- France
- Serbia
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Profession
- Education
- Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
- Lived in
- Sarajevo
- Douains
- Eure
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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