Awards & Winners

Emir Kusturica

Date of Birth 24-November-1954
Place of Birth Sarajevo
(Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo Canton)
Nationality France, Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Also know as Kusta, Емир Немања Кустурица, Emir Nemanja Kusturica, Nemanja, Nemanja Kusturica d. Emir, Kusta, Emir Nemanja Kusturica, Kusta, Kusturica, Emir Nemanja Kusturica, Nemanja, Εμίρ Νεμάνια Κουστουρίτσα, Nemanja Emir Kusturica, Kusta, Nemanja Kusturica, Kusta, Емир Немања Кустурица, Немања Кустурица, Nemanja
Profession Film director, Screenwriter, Actor, Musician, Film Producer, Television Director, Composer
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.

Awards by Emir Kusturica

Check all the awards nominated and won by Emir Kusturica.

2005


César Award for Best Film from the European Union
Honored for : Life Is a Miracle

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
César Award for Best Film from the European Union Life Is a Miracle

2001


Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
César Award for Best Supporting Actor The Widow of Saint-Pierre
European Film Academy Documentary Award - Prix Arte Super 8 Stories

2000


Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Goya Award for Best European Film Black Cat, White Cat
France/Germany

1998


Silver Lion Award for Best Director
Honored for : Black Cat, White Cat

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film Underground
Country: France, Yugoslavia, Germany

1996


Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
César Award for Best Foreign Film Underground

1995


Palme d'Or
Honored for : Underground

1990


Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
César Award for Best Foreign Film Time of the Gypsies

1989


Cannes Best Director Award
Honored for : Time of the Gypsies

1985


Palme d'Or
Honored for : When Father Was Away on Business

Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film When Father Was Away on Business
Country: Yugoslavia; in Serbo-Croat