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

Columbus Day ... (Executive Producer)
Impulse ... (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)
Game of Life ... (Executive Producer)
7-10 Split ... (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

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

2003

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

2002

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

2001

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

2000

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

1999

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

1998

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

1997

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

1996

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

1995

The Immortals ... (Producer)