Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1960-07-28 (Age: 66)
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.
Filmography (15)
⭐ 6.5
Role:
E.S.
It Must Be Heaven
2019
⭐ 6.4
Role:
Self
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
2013
⭐ 6.0
Role:
Self
A Special Day
2012
⭐ 5.6
Role:
E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")
7 Days in Havana
2012
⭐ 8.0
Role:
Himself
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
2012
⭐ 7.2
Role:
E.S.
The Time That Remains
2009
⭐ 7.9
Role:
Self
Critic
2008
⭐ 6.5
Role:
The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Cow-boy
Bamako
2007
⭐ 6.7
Role:
E.S.
Divine Intervention
2002
⭐ 0
Role:
Himself
The Arab Dream
1998
⭐ 10.0
Role:
Unknown
War and Peace in Vesoul
1997
⭐ 6.6
Role:
E.S.
Chronicle of a Disappearance
1996
⭐ 9.0
Role:
Unknown
The Gulf War... What Next?
1993
⭐ 10.0
Role:
E.S.