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Elia Suleiman

Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, EditorBorn July 28, 1960 (64 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.

Known For

  • It Must Be Heaven
  • Divine Intervention
  • The Time That Remains
  • 7 Days in Havana
  • Chronicle of a Disappearance
  • To Each His Own Cinema

Filmography

2019
2011
7 Days in Havana · as E.s. (segment "diary Of A Beginner")
2009
2007
To Each His Own Cinema · as The Filmmaker (segment "irtebak")
2006
Bamako (The Court) · as Cow-Boy
2002
1996

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