Elia Suleiman
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 28, 1960
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
And Then They Burn the Sea 2021
Thanks
It Must Be Heaven 2019
as E.S., Director, Writer, Producer
Only Lovers Left Alive 2013
Thanks
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me 2013
as Self
A Special Day 2012
as Self
7 Days in Havana 2012
as E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner"), Director
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy 2012
as Himself
The Time That Remains 2009
as E.S., Director, Writer, Producer
Critic 2008
as Self
To Each His Own Cinema 2007
as The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak"), Director
Bamako 2007
as Cow-boy
Divine Intervention 2002
as E.S., Director, Writer, Co-Producer
Cyber Palestine 2000
Writer, Director
The Arab Dream 1998
as Himself, Cinematography, Writer, Director
War and Peace in Vesoul 1997
Actor, Director
Chronicle of a Disappearance 1996
as E.S., Director, Writer, Producer
The Gulf War... What Next? 1993
Actor, Director, Writer
Homage by Assassination 1992
as E.S., Producer, Writer, Director
Introduction to the End of an Argument 1990
Director, Editor
Credits from TMDB.