Elia Suleiman
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
July 28, 1960 (65 years)
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
| 2019 | It Must Be Heaven · as E.s. |
| 2011 | 7 Days in Havana · as E.s. (segment "diary Of A Beginner") |
| 2009 | The Time That Remains · as E.s. |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema · as The Filmmaker (segment "irtebak") |
| 2006 | Bamako · as Cow-Boy |
| 2002 | Divine Intervention · as E.s. |
| 1996 | Chronicle of a Disappearance · as E.s. |
| 2019 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2002 | Divine Intervention · as Co-Producer |
| 1996 |
| 2013 | Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me · as Self |
| 2012 | Une journée particulière · as Self |
| 2012 | 28 minutes · as Self |
| 2010 | Sodankylä Forever · as Self |
| 2008 | Crítico · as Self |
| 2004 | |
| 2000 | L'invité · as Self |
| 1991 | Movie Days · as Self - Interviewee |