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Date of Birth
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24-November-1954
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Place of Birth
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Sarajevo
(Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo Canton)
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Nationality
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France, Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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Also know as
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Kusta, Емир Ðемања КуÑтурица, Emir Nemanja Kusturica, Nemanja, Nemanja Kusturica d. Emir, Kusta, Emir Nemanja Kusturica, Kusta, Kusturica, Emir Nemanja Kusturica, Nemanja, Î•Î¼Î¯Ï Îεμάνια ΚουστουÏίτσα, Nemanja Emir Kusturica, Kusta, Nemanja Kusturica, Kusta, Емир Ðемања КуÑтурица, Ðемања КуÑтурица, Nemanja
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Profession
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Film director, Screenwriter, Actor, Musician, Film Producer, Television Director, Composer
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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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