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Name: Emir Kusturica
Date of Birth: Wednesday November 24 1954
Born: Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Nationality: Serbian
Partial Biography: Widely regarded as one of the most innovative filmmakers of his generation, Emir Kusturica twice won the Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or before the age of 40, and, film for film, it is difficult to…Full Emir Kusturica Biography…

Life is a Miracle (2005) 15 (Contains strong language, nudity and drug use)Director, Producer, Screenplay, Original Music, Music Supervisor
The Good Thief (2003) 15 (Contains strong language and hard drug use)Played "Vladimir"
Take Me Away (2003) Music
La Veuve De Saint-Pierre (2000) 15 (for a scene of sexuality and brief violence)Actor/Actress
Black Cat, White Cat (1999) 15 (for strong language, drug use and some violence)Director, screenplay, Music
Underground (1995) (1997) Played "Dealer", Director, screenplay
Arizona Dream (1995) Director, screenplay
Time of the Gypsies (1988) 15Director, screenplay
When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na sluzbenom putu) (1985) 18Director
Guca! Associate Producer

Venice Film Festival Silver Lion for Best Director (1998) - "Black Cat, White Cat"
Boston Society of Film Critics Award (1997) Best Foreign Film - "Underground (1995)"
Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or (1995) - "Underground (1995)"
Roberto Rossellini Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Film (1989)
Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award (1989) - "Time of the Gypsies"