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
- I Could Never Be Your Woman ... (Executive Producer)
- Rescue Dawn ... (Executive Producer)
- The Anna Nicole Smith Story ... (Executive Producer)
- The Flock ... (Producer)
- 7-10 Split ... (Executive Producer)
- Game of Life ... (Executive Producer)
2006
- Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj ... (Producer)
- Tristan & Isolde ... (Producer)
2005
- A Sound of Thunder ... (Executive Producer)
- Into the Sun ... (Producer)
2004
- The Whole Ten Yards ... (Producer)
- Laws of Attraction ... (Executive Producer)
- Out of Reach ... (Producer)
- Spartan ... (Producer)
2003
- The In-Laws ... (Producer)
- Alex & Emma ... (Producer)
- The Foreigner ... (Producer)
2002
- City by the Sea ... (Producer)
- Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever ... (Producer)
- Half Past Dead ... (Producer)
- FearDotCom ... (Executive Producer)
- Avenging Angelo ... (Producer)
- Zig Zag ... (Producer)
2001
- The Pledge ... (Producer)
- Driven ... (Producer)
- The Caveman's Valentine ... (Producer)
- 3000 Miles to Graceland ... (Producer)
- Angel Eyes ... (Producer)
- Heist ... (Producer)
- Green Dragon ... (Producer)
- Plan B ... (Executive Producer)
2000
- The Art of War ... (Executive Producer)
- Desperate But Not Serious ... (Executive Producer)
- Animal Factory ... (Producer)
- Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her ... (Executive Producer)
- The Whole Nine Yards ... (Executive Producer)
- Get Carter ... (Producer)
- Battlefield Earth ... (Producer)
- Auggie Rose ... (Executive Producer)
- Mercy ... (Producer)
1999
- A Murder of Crows ... (Producer)
- If... Dog... Rabbit ... (Producer)
- The Boondock Saints ... (Producer)
- The Third Miracle ... (Producer)
- The Confession ... (Producer)
- The White River Kid ... (Producer)
- Storm Catcher ... (Executive Producer)
- Entropy ... (Producer)
- Woman Wanted ... (Executive Producer)
- The Big Kahuna ... (Producer)
- Scarred City ... (Producer)
- This Is My Father ... (Executive Producer)
- No Code of Conduct ... (Producer)
1998
- Free Money ... (Executive Producer)
- Break Up ... (Producer)
- Sweepers ... (Producer)
- Shadrach ... (Executive Producer)
- Monument Ave. ... (Producer)
- 20 Dates as Voice of the Producer (voice)
1997
- The Maker ... (Executive Producer)
- American Perfekt ... (Executive Producer)
- Top of the World ... (Producer)
1996
- Danger Zone ... (Producer)
- Hollow Point ... (Executive Producer)
- Natural Enemy ... (Executive Producer)
1995
- The Immortals ... (Producer)