Elia Suleiman
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 28, 1960, Nazareth, Israel
- Movies
- 27
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2019 | It Must Be Heaven | E.S. |
| 2013 | Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me | Self |
| 2012 | A Special Day | Self |
| 2012 | 7 Days in Havana | E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner") |
| 2012 | Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy | Himself |
| 2009 | The Time That Remains | E.S. |
| 2008 | Critic | Self |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema | The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak") |
| 2007 | Bamako | Cow-boy |
| 2002 | Divine Intervention | E.S. |
| 1998 | The Arab Dream | Himself |
| 1997 | War and Peace in Vesoul | |
| 1996 | Chronicle of a Disappearance | E.S. |
| 1993 | The Gulf War... What Next? | |
| 1992 | Homage by Assassination | E.S. |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2019 | It Must Be Heaven | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2012 | 7 Days in Havana | Director |
| 2009 | The Time That Remains | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema | Director |
| 2002 | Divine Intervention | Director, Writer |
| 2000 | Cyber Palestine | Writer, Director |
| 1998 | The Arab Dream | Director, Writer |
| 1997 | War and Peace in Vesoul | Director |
| 1996 | Chronicle of a Disappearance | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1993 | The Gulf War... What Next? | Director, Writer |
| 1992 | Homage by Assassination | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1990 | Introduction to the End of an Argument | Director |
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