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Emir Kusturica

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Emir Kusturica is a Serbian film director, screenwriter, actor, film producer and musician, born in Sarajevo, in the Yugoslav republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 24 November 1954. He has been an active filmmaker since the 1980s and has competed at the Cannes Film Festival on five occasions. He won the Palme d'Or twice, for When Father Was Away on Business and for Underground, and took the Best Director prize at Cannes for Time of the Gypsies. He has also won a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.

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Silver Bear 1
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Palme d'Or 1
Birth Year
1954 1
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Film, Media Forms
Source Wikipedia: Emir Kusturica

Works Created

Underground (1995 film), Landmark Works
Source Underground (1995 film) (Wikipedia)
When Father Was Away on Business, Landmark Works
Source When Father Was Away on Business (Wikipedia)
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Serbia

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1. Wikipedia: Emir Kusturica
  • Infobox: birth_date
    24 November 1954
  • Article body: Palme d'Or
    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.
  • Article body: Golden Lion
    Kusturica has won a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for Arizona Dream, a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for Black Cat, White Cat and a Golden Lion for Best First Work for Do You Remember Dolly Bell?
  • Article body: Silver Bear
    Kusturica has won a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for Arizona Dream, a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for Black Cat, White Cat and a Golden Lion for Best First Work for Do You Remember Dolly Bell?
  • Associated With: Film, Lead sentence
    is a Serbian film director, screenwriter, actor, film producer and musician
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Underground (1995 film) (Wikipedia)
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Emir Kusturica
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When Father Was Away on Business (Wikipedia)
Works Created: When Father Was Away on Business, Infobox: director
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Emir Kusturica
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