Elia Suleiman
July 28, 1960 (64 years old) in 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
Credits
- 2019 · It Must Be Heaven as E.S.
- 2013 · Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me as Self
- 2012 · A Special Day as Self
- 2012 · 7 Days in Havana as E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")
- 2012 · Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy as Himself
- 2009 · The Time That Remains as E.S.
- 2008 · Crítico as Self
- 2007 · To Each His Own Cinema as The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")
- 2006 · Bamako as Cow-boy
- 2002 · Divine Intervention as E.S.
- 1998 · The Arab Dream as Himself
- 1996 · Chronicle of a Disappearance as E.S.
- 1993 · The Gulf War... What Next? as
- 1992 · Homage by Assassination as E.S.