FILM DIRECTOR

Emir Kusturica

1954 - Today

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Emir Kusturica (Serbian Cyrillic: Емир Кустурица, pronounced [ě.mir ˈku.stu.ri.tsa]; born 24 November 1954) is a Serbian film director, screenwriter, actor, film producer and musician. Kusturica has been an active filmmaker since the 1980s. He has competed at the Cannes Film Festival on five occasions and won the Palme d'Or twice (for When Father Was Away on Business and Underground), as well as the Best Director prize for Time of the Gypsies. Kusturica has won a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for Arizona Dream, a Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival for Black Cat, White Cat and a Silver Lion for Best First Work for Do You Remember Dolly Bell?. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emir Kusturica is the 38th most popular film director (up from 49th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the most popular Bosnian, Herzegovinian Film Director.

Emir Kusturica is most famous for his film Underground which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1995.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Emir Kusturica ranks 38 out of 2,041. Before him are Wim Wenders, Fritz Lang, Michael Mann, Billy Wilder, Vittorio De Sica, and Quentin Tarantino. After him are James Cameron, Krzysztof Kieślowski, John Ford, Isao Takahata, Tinto Brass, and Tim Burton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Emir Kusturica ranks 14. Before him are Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Hugo Chávez, Viktor Yushchenko, John Travolta, and Sócrates. After him are James Cameron, Jean-Claude Juncker, Jim Belushi, Fernando Santos, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, and Mario Kempes.

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Emir Kusturica ranks 8 out of 375. Before him are Ivo Andrić (1892), Ratko Mladić (1942), Valerius Severus (300), Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (1505), Alija Izetbegović (1925), and Ante Pavelić (1889). After him are Vladimir Prelog (1906), Goran Bregović (1950), Zoran Đinđić (1952), Tvrtko I of Bosnia (1338), Vinko Puljić (1945), and Slobodan Praljak (1945).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among film directors born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Emir Kusturica ranks 1. After him are Danis Tanović (1969), Jasmila Žbanić (1974), and Nina Kusturica (1975).

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