Elie Samaha

Born: 1955-05-10 in Beirut, Lebanon

Known For: Production

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elie Samaha, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2024

Kill 'em All 2 ... (Executive Producer)

2023

Back on the Strip ... (Producer)

2018

Breaking Brooklyn ... (Producer)
Pandas ... (Executive Producer)

2008

Columbus Day ... (Executive Producer)
Impulse ... (Executive Producer)

2007

I Could Never Be Your Woman ... (Executive Producer)
The Flock ... (Producer)
Rescue Dawn ... (Executive Producer)
7-10 Split ... (Executive Producer)
Game of Life ... (Executive Producer)
The Anna Nicole Smith Story ... (Executive Producer)

2006

Tristan & Isolde ... (Producer)
Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj ... (Producer)

2005

A Sound of Thunder ... (Executive Producer)
Into the Sun ... (Producer)

2004

Spartan ... (Producer)
The Whole Ten Yards ... (Producer)
Laws of Attraction ... (Executive Producer)
Out of Reach ... (Producer)

2003

The In-Laws ... (Producer)
The Foreigner ... (Producer)
Alex & Emma ... (Producer)

2002

Half Past Dead ... (Producer)
FearDotCom ... (Executive Producer)
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever ... (Producer)
City by the Sea ... (Producer)
Avenging Angelo ... (Producer)
Zig Zag ... (Producer)
Plan B ... (Executive Producer)

2001

The Pledge ... (Producer)
Heist ... (Producer)
3000 Miles to Graceland ... (Producer)
Driven ... (Producer)
Angel Eyes ... (Producer)
The Caveman's Valentine ... (Producer)
Green Dragon ... (Producer)

2000

The Whole Nine Yards ... (Executive Producer)
The Art of War ... (Executive Producer)
Battlefield Earth ... (Producer)
Get Carter ... (Producer)
Animal Factory ... (Producer)
Auggie Rose ... (Executive Producer)
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her ... (Executive Producer)
Mercy ... (Producer)
Desperate But Not Serious ... (Executive Producer)

1999

The Boondock Saints ... (Producer)
The Big Kahuna ... (Producer)
Entropy ... (Producer)
Storm Catcher ... (Executive Producer)
The Third Miracle ... (Producer)
The Confession ... (Producer)
No Code of Conduct ... (Producer)
A Murder of Crows ... (Producer)
Woman Wanted ... (Executive Producer)
The White River Kid ... (Producer)
This Is My Father ... (Executive Producer)
If... Dog... Rabbit ... (Producer)

1998

Sweepers ... (Producer)
Free Money ... (Executive Producer)
Shadrach ... (Executive Producer)
Scarred City ... (Producer)
Break Up ... (Producer)
20 Dates as Voice of the Producer (voice)
Monument Ave. ... (Producer)

1997

Top of the World ... (Producer)
The Maker ... (Executive Producer)
American Perfekt ... (Executive Producer)

1996

Natural Enemy ... (Executive Producer)
Danger Zone ... (Producer)
Hollow Point ... (Executive Producer)

1995

The Immortals ... (Producer)