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.
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Movies (19)
And Then They Burn the Sea
Thanks (Crew)
2021
It Must Be Heaven
as E.S.
2019
Only Lovers Left Alive
Thanks (Crew)
2013
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
as Self
2013
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
2012
The Time That Remains
as E.S.
2009
Critic
as Self
2008
To Each His Own Cinema
as The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")
2007
Bamako
as Cow-boy
2006
Divine Intervention
as E.S.
2002
Cyber Palestine
Writer (Writing)
2000
The Arab Dream
as Himself
1998
War and Peace in Vesoul
Director (Directing)
1997
Chronicle of a Disappearance
as E.S.
1996
The Gulf War... What Next?
1993
Homage by Assassination
as E.S.
1992
Introduction to the End of an Argument
Director (Directing)
1990