Directing
Elia Suleiman
AR, FR, EN, ES cinema · 19 credits
Born
28 July 1960 (age 66)
Birthplace
Nazareth, Israel
Also known as 엘리아 술레이만 · إيليا سليمان · אליה סולימאן · エリア・スレイマン · Elya Süleyman · 伊利亞·蘇萊曼
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.
Known for
Filmography
It Must Be Heaven
as E.S., Writer, Director, Producer
7 Days in Havana
as E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner"), Director
A Special Day
as Self
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
as Himself
The Time That Remains
as E.S., Director, Writer, Producer
Critic
as Self
Bamako
as Cow-boy
To Each His Own Cinema
as The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak"), Director
Divine Intervention
as E.S., Director, Writer, Co-Producer
Cyber Palestine
Writer, Director
The Arab Dream
as Himself, Cinematography, Director, Writer
War and Peace in Vesoul
Actor, Director
Chronicle of a Disappearance
as E.S., Writer, Director, Producer
The Gulf War... What Next?
Actor, Director, Writer
Homage by Assassination
as E.S., Director, Producer, Writer
Introduction to the End of an Argument
Director, Editor