Elia Suleiman
Directing · 65 years old
Nazareth, Israel
Elia Suleiman (Arabic: إيليا سليمان, IPA: [ˈʔiːlja sʊleːˈmaːn]; born 28 July 1960; Nazareth) is a Palestinian film director and actor. He is best known for the 2002 film Divine Intervention (Arabic: يد إلهية), a modern tragicomedy on living under occupation in Palestine which won the Jury Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Suleiman's cinematic style is often compared to that of Jacques Tati and Buster Keaton, for its poetic interplay between "burlesque and sobriety". He is married to Lebanese singer and actress Yasmine Hamdan.
Known For
Homage by Assassination
E.S.
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
Himself
Critic
Self
The Time That Remains
E.S.
Bamako
Cow-boy
Divine Intervention
E.S.
It Must Be Heaven
E.S.
Chronicle of a Disappearance
E.S.
To Each His Own Cinema
The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
Self
A Special Day
Self
7 Days in Havana
E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")
The Gulf War... What Next?
The Arab Dream
Himself
War and Peace in Vesoul
Behind the Scenes
Homage by Assassination
Director
Homage by Assassination
Producer
Homage by Assassination
Writer
Introduction to the End of an Argument
Director
The Time That Remains
Director
The Time That Remains
Writer
The Time That Remains
Producer
Divine Intervention
Director
Divine Intervention
Writer
It Must Be Heaven
Writer
It Must Be Heaven
Director
It Must Be Heaven
Producer