Elia Suleiman
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1960-07-28 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Nazareth, Israel
Elia Suleiman
Biography
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
Acting
(2019)
It Must Be Heaven
as E.S.
(2013)
(2012)
7 Days in Havana
as E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")
(2012)
A Special Day
as Self
(2012)
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
as Himself
(2009)
The Time That Remains
as E.S.
(2008)
Critic
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)
(1992)
Homage by Assassination
as E.S.
Crew
(2021)
(2019)
It Must Be Heaven
Writer, Director, Producer
(2013)
Only Lovers Left Alive
Thanks
(2012)
7 Days in Havana
Director
(2009)
The Time That Remains
Director, Writer, Producer
(2007)
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
(2007)
Awkward
Director
(2002)
Divine Intervention
Director, Writer, Co-Producer
(2000)
Cyber Palestine
Writer, Director
(1998)
The Arab Dream
Cinematography, Director, Writer
(1997)
War and Peace in Vesoul
Director
(1996)
Chronicle of a Disappearance
Writer, Director, Producer
(1993)
The Gulf War... What Next?
Director, Writer
(1992)
Homage by Assassination
Director, Producer, Writer
(1990)
Introduction to the End of an Argument
Director, Editor