Elia Suleiman
Known for Directing · 15 credits
- Born
- 1960-07-28 (age 65)
- Place of birth
- Nazareth, Israel
- Also known as
- 엘리아 술레이만 · إيليا سليمان · אליה סולימאן · エリア・スレイマン · Elya Süleyman · 伊利亞·蘇萊曼
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.
Known For
Movies (15)
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
as The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")
A Special Day
2012
as Self
Critic
2008
as Self
It Must Be Heaven
2019
as E.S.
The Time That Remains
2009
as E.S.
7 Days in Havana
2012
as E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")
Bamako
2007
as Cow-boy
Divine Intervention
2002
as E.S.
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
2012
as Himself
Chronicle of a Disappearance
1996
as E.S.
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
2013
as Self
War and Peace in Vesoul
1997
The Gulf War... What Next?
1993
The Arab Dream
1998
as Himself
Homage by Assassination
1992
as E.S.
About Elia Suleiman
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. With 15 credits spanning from 1992 to 2019, Elia Suleiman has appeared in 15 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Elia Suleiman Movies
- To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — as The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")
- A Special Day (2012) — as Self
- Critic (2008) — as Self
- It Must Be Heaven (2019) — as E.S.
- The Time That Remains (2009) — as E.S.
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