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

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

2008

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

2007

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

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

2003

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

2002

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

2001

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

2000

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

1999

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

1998

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

1997

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

1996

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

1995

The Immortals ... (Producer)