- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- July 28, 1960
- Place of Birth
- Nazareth, Israel
Elia Suleiman
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.
Filmography
movieAnd Then They Burn the Sea
2021 · Thanks
movieIt Must Be Heaven
2019 · E.S., Director, Writer, Producer
movieOnly Lovers Left Alive
2013 · Thanks
movieNelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
2013 · Self
movieA Special Day
2012 · Self
movie7 Days in Havana
2012 · E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner"), Director
movieKusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
2012 · Himself
movieThe Time That Remains
2009 · E.S., Director, Writer, Producer
movieCritic
2008 · Self
movieTo Each His Own Cinema
2007 · The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak"), Director
movieBamako
2007 · Cow-boy
movieDivine Intervention
2002 · E.S., Director, Writer, Co-Producer
movieCyber Palestine
2000 · Writer, Director
movieThe Arab Dream
1998 · Himself, Cinematography, Director, Writer
movieWar and Peace in Vesoul
1997 · , Director
movieChronicle of a Disappearance
1996 · E.S., Director, Writer, Producer
movieThe Gulf War... What Next?
1993 · , Director, Writer
movieHomage by Assassination
1992 · E.S., Director, Producer, Writer
movieIntroduction to the End of an Argument
1990 · Director, Editor