Elia Suleiman
July 28, 1960 (64 years old) in Nazareth, Israel
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
Credits
- 2019 ·It Must Be Heavenas E.S.
- 2013 ·Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Meas Self
- 2012 ·A Special Dayas Self
- 2012 ·7 Days in Havanaas E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")
- 2012 ·Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boyas Himself
- 2009 ·The Time That Remainsas E.S.
- 2008 ·Críticoas Self
- 2007 ·To Each His Own Cinemaas The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")
- 2006 ·Bamakoas Cow-boy
- 2002 ·Divine Interventionas E.S.
- 1998 ·The Arab Dreamas Himself
- 1996 ·Chronicle of a Disappearanceas E.S.
- 1993 ·The Gulf War... What Next?as
- 1992 ·Homage by Assassinationas E.S.