Emir Nemanja Kusturica, OF (Serbian Cyrillic: Емир Немања Кустурица; pronounced [ˈkusturitsa] (born 24 November 1954 in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian filmmaker, actor and musician with a string of internationally acclaimed features. He won the Palme d'Or at Cannes twice (for When Father Was Away on Business and Underground), and he is also a recipient of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. On 8 September ...
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Emir Nemanja Kusturica, OF (Serbian Cyrillic: Емир Немања Кустурица; pronounced [ˈkusturitsa] (born 24 November 1954 in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian filmmaker, actor and musician with a string of internationally acclaimed features. He won the Palme d'Or at Cannes twice (for When Father Was Away on Business and Underground), and 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.
Born to Murat Kusturica (journalist employed at SR Bosnia and Herzegovina Secretariat of Information) and Senka Numankadić (court secretary), young Emir grew up as the only child in a family in the Sarajevo neighbourhood of Gorica.
After graduating from the Film Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) in 1978,...
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