Elia Suleiman
Born: 1960-07-28 in Nazareth, Israel
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2021
- And Then They Burn the Sea ... (Thanks)
2019
- It Must Be Heaven as E.S.
2013
- Only Lovers Left Alive ... (Thanks)
- Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me as Self
2012
- 7 Days in Havana as E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")
- A Special Day as Self
- Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy as Himself
2009
- The Time That Remains as E.S.
2008
- Critic as Self
2007
- To Each His Own Cinema as The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")
- Bamako as Cow-boy
2002
- Divine Intervention as E.S.
2000
- Cyber Palestine ... (Writer)
1998
- The Arab Dream as Himself
1996
- Chronicle of a Disappearance as E.S.
1992
- Homage by Assassination as E.S.
1990
- Introduction to the End of an Argument ... (Director)