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Elie Samaha

Producer, Actor

10 May 1955 (70 years)
Elie Samaha (Arabic: إيلي سماحة) is a film producer in Los Angeles, with production credits beginning with The Immortals in 1995. He has produced over 83 works, primarily films along with some video games. He produced The Boondock Saints (1999), Battlefield Earth (2000), Driven (2001), 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001), Heist (2001), The Pledge (2001), Spartan (2004), Back on the Strip (2023), among many others.

Samaha built his reputation in Hollywood first as the owner of Celebrity Cleaners and then with his nightclub on Sunset Strip, the Roxbury. Parlaying the Hollywood friendships he formed through his clubs, Samaha was given a distribution deal with Warner Bros. Pictures in 1998.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Boondock Saints
    The Boondock Saints1999
  • The Pledge
    The Pledge2001
  • I Could Never Be Your Woman
    I Could Never Be Your Woman2007
  • Animal Factory
    Animal Factory2000
  • The Flock
    The Flock2007
  • Avenging Angelo
    Avenging Angelo2002
  • My Dad's Six Wives
    My Dad's Six Wives2009
  • Free Money
    Free Money1998
  • American Loser
    American Loser2007
  • Mercy
    Mercy2000
  • Entropy
    Entropy1999
  • The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
    The Last Days of Frankie the Fly1996
  • Sweepers
    Sweepers1998
  • American Perfekt
    American Perfekt1997
  • Shadrach
    Shadrach1998
  • The White River Kid
    The White River Kid1999
  • Jill Rips
    Jill Rips2000
  • Danger Zone
    Danger Zone1996
  • Top of the World
    Top of the World1997
  • Scar City
    Scar City1998

Known For

  • Battlefield Earth
    Battlefield Earth2000
  • Feardotcom
    Feardotcom2002
  • The Boondock Saints
    The Boondock Saints1999
  • The Whole Ten Yards
    The Whole Ten Yards2004
  • 3000 Miles to Graceland
    3000 Miles to Graceland2001
  • The Big Kahuna
    The Big Kahuna1999
  • Heist
    Heist2001
  • The Pledge
    The Pledge2001
  • Spartan
    Spartan2004
  • Tristan & Isolde
    Tristan & Isolde2006
  • The In-Laws
    The In-Laws2003
  • Angel Eyes
    Angel Eyes2001
  • Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
    Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj2006
  • Half Past Dead
    Half Past Dead2002
  • Avenging Angelo
    Avenging Angelo2002
  • Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
    Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever2002
  • Columbus Day
    Columbus Day2008
  • Free Money
    Free Money1998
  • The Flock
    The Flock2007
  • City by the Sea
    City by the Sea2002

Filmography

2025
July 7: Who Killed the President of Haiti? · as Executive Producer
2024
Kill Em All 2 · as Executive Producer
2023
Back on the Strip
2018
Breaking Brooklyn
2018
Pandas · as Executive Producer
2016
Exposed · as Executive Producer
2012
KDOC First Night 2013 · as Executive Producer
2009
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
2008
Columbus Day · as Executive Producer
2008
Impulse · as Executive Producer
2007
If I Had Known I Was a Genius · as Executive Producer
2007
Anna Nicole · as Executive Producer
2007
The FlockOn Plex
2007
American LoserOn Plex
2007
I Could Never Be Your Woman · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
2007
Game of Life · as Executive Producer
2007
7-10 Split · as Executive Producer
2006
Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj
2006
Rescue Dawn · as Executive Producer
2006
Tristan + Isolde
2005
Dead Fish · as Executive Producer
2005
A Sound of Thunder · as Executive Producer
2005
Into the Sun
2004
Out of Reach
2004
Funky Monkey · as Executive Producer
2004
Laws of Attraction · as Executive Producer
2004
The Whole Ten Yards
2004
Spartan
2003
Alex & Emma
2003
The Foreigner
2003
The In-Laws
2002
Half Past Dead
2002
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
2002
City by the Sea
2002
Avenging AngeloOn Plex
2002
Feardotcom · as Executive Producer
2002
Zig Zag
2001
Plan B · as Executive Producer
2001
Heist
2001
The Caveman's Valentine
2001
Viva Las Nowhere · as Executive Producer
2001
Angel Eyes
2001
Green Dragon
2001
Driven
2001
3000 Miles to Graceland
2001
The PledgeOn Plex
2000
Get Carter
2000
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her · as Executive Producer
2000
The Art of War · as Executive Producer
2000
Animal FactoryOn Plex
2000
Beyond Suspicion · as Executive Producer
2000
Battlefield Earth
2000
Jill Rips · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
2000
The Whole Nine Yards · as Executive Producer
2000
MercyOn Plex
1999
Desperate But Not Serious · as Executive Producer
1999
Adventures in TinseltownOn Plex
1999
The Boondock SaintsOn Plex
1999
The Third Miracle
1999
The Big Kahuna
1999
The White River KidOn Plex
1999
If... Dog... Rabbit
1999
Storm Catcher · as Executive Producer
1999
Woman Wanted · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
1999
Five Aces
1999
Restraining Order · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
1999
Tycus · as Executive Producer
1999
The Confession
1998
This Is My Father · as Executive Producer
1998
A Murder of Crows
1998
Free Money · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
1998
SweepersOn Plex
1998
On the Border · as Executive Producer
1998
No Code of Conduct
1998
Monument Ave.
1998
Shadrach · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
1998
Scar CityOn Plex
1998
Break Up
1998
20 Dates · as Executive Producer
1997
Lesser Prophets · as Executive Producer
1997
American Perfekt · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
1997
The Peacekeeper · as Executive Producer
1997
The Maker · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
1997
Top of the WorldOn Plex
1996
Natural Enemy · as Executive Producer
1996
The Last Days of Frankie the FlyOn Plex
1996
Hollow Point · as Executive Producer
1996
Danger ZoneOn Plex
1995
The Immortals

1998
20 Dates · as Voice Of The Producer (voice)

1995
The Immortals · as Story