Elia Suleiman
Born
July 28, 1960 (64 years old)
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
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
It Must Be Heaven
E.S.
2019
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
Self
2013
A Special Day
Self
2012
7 Days in Havana
E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")
2012
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
Himself
2012
The Time That Remains
E.S.
2009
Critic
Self
2008
To Each His Own Cinema
The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")
2007
Bamako
Cow-boy
2006
Divine Intervention
E.S.
2002
The Arab Dream
Himself
1998
Chronicle of a Disappearance
E.S.
1996
The Gulf War... What Next?
1993
Homage by Assassination
E.S.
1992