Emir Kusturica
Director
Emir Kusturica...Festival (2004) for Life is a Miracle On 10 February 2007, Kusturica received Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France's highest order in recognition of significant contribution to the arts. Emir Kusturica is the winner of the Philippe... In this article: Emir Kusturica, Andrej Nikolaidis, When Father Was Away on Business, Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, Zabranjeno Pusenje, Bosnian War, Sarajevo, and Patrice Leconte |
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Wikipedia | October 16, 2009
Time of the Gypsies
...coins put on his father's eyes at the funeral. At the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, Emir Kusturica won the Best Director Award and the film was also nominated for a Palme d'Or (Golden Palm). At the 1991 Guldbagge awards in Sweden, the movie...
In this article: Time of the Gypsies, Ahmed, Goran Bregovic, Milan, Best Director Award, and Cesar Awards
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New Kerala | October 19, 2009
Hollywood film about Russia-Georgia war being shot
...its neighbour for the conflict. According to media reports in Moscow, Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica, who twice won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, is also planning a film about the August 2008 war in the volatile region.
In this article: Georgia, Hollywood, Russia, Renny Harlin, Andy Garcia, Moscow, Cannes Film Festival, Mikheil Saakashvili, and Die Hard 2: Die Harder
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L.A. Times - Movie News | July 26, 2009
Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne see their films as gritty thrillers
...top prize at the Cannes International Film Festival, putting them into a select club of filmmakers, including Francis Ford Coppola and Emir Kusturica, who have taken home the Palm d'Or twice. Their shooting style, intimately close on their...
In this article: Not Quite Hollywood, Arta Dobroshi, New York, Turkey Shoot, The Wrestler, Cannes International Film Festival, Brian Trenchard-Smith, and Jamie Lee Curtis
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Wikipedia | September 24, 2009
Promise Me This
Promise Me This Promise Me This is a film written and directed by the award-winning Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica. The film screened on May 26, 2007 at the 60th annual Cannes Film Festival . The international title of the film is Promise...
In this article: Promise Me This, Uzice, Cannes Film Festival, and Miki Manojlovic
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thestar.com | June 11, 2009
Weddings, funerals and plum brandy: the music of Goran Bregovic
...& Cesaria Evora: Bregovic went on to compose film scores. Time of the Gypsies, a 1988 Yugoslav film, won the best director award for Emir Kusturica at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. Arizona Dream, by the same director in 1993, featured punk...
In this article: Goran Bregovic, Brandy, Toronto, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Champagne, Yugoslav People's Army, Leukemia, Cannes Film Festival, and Bijelo dugme
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The Hollywood Reporter | April 17, 2008
The Hollywood Reporter
Also hotly tipped to be part of the official lineup announcement due Wednesday are a trio of docus headlined by Emir Kusturica's "Maradona," the long-gestating movie centering on infamous Argentinean soccer legend Diego Maradona. The...
In this article: Maradona, Festival de Cannes, Madonna, and Diego Maradona
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Wikipedia | October 06, 2009
Cinema of Serbia
...despite the turmoil of the 1990s. Emir Kusturica won two Golden Palms for Best Feature Film at the Cannes Film Festival, for When Father Was Away on Business in 1985 and then again for Underground '' in 1995. In 1998, Kusturica won a Silver...
In this article: Cinema of Serbia, Serbia, World War II, Dusan Makavejev, Kosovo, Yugoslav wars, Cannes Film Festival, Goran Paskaljevic, and Zoran Radmilovic
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PopMatters | July 29, 2009
Goran Bregović: Alkohol (Review)
...group of fans, mainly art film aficionados who had heard his music in the excellent soundtrack to Emir Kusturica's films Arizona Dream (1993) and Underground (Cannes Festival winner in 1995), among others. Having established himself as an...
In this article: Goran Bregovic, Belgrade, Borat, U.S., Cannes Festival, Bijelo dugme, Sezen Aksu, Kayah, and Arizona Dream
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Wikipedia | October 13, 2009
Dusan Kovacevic
...(2003) by director and scriptwriter Dusan Kovacevic, 5 wins & 2 nominations Underground '', directed by Emir Kusturica, won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival. It was Kovacevic's adaptation of an earlier play called ''Prolece u januaru...
In this article: Dusan Kovacevic, Balkan Spy, Underground, Serbia, University of Belgrade, St. George Shoots the Dragon, and Cannes Film Festival
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Description from Wikipedia:
Emir Kusturica, OF (Serbian Cyrillic: Емир Кустурица; ) (born 24 November 1954 in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a Yugoslavian filmmaker, actor and musician with a string of internationally acclaimed features. Kusturica grew up as an only child in a secular Bosnian Muslim family in Sarajevo. He won the Palme d'Or at Cannes twice (for When Father Was Away on Business and Underground), he is also a recipient of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
On 8 September 2007, Kusturica became a UNICEF National Ambassador for Serbia, alongside Ana Ivanović, Jelena Janković and Aleksandar Đorđević. Kusturica resides in Drvengrad, a village he had built for his film Life Is a Miracle.
- Name At Birth:
- Emir Kusturica
- Birth Date:
- November 24, 1954
- Birthplace:
- Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Spouse:
- Maja Kusturica
- Occupation:
- Film director and screenwriter
- Years Active:
- 1978-present
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