Elia Suleiman
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 28 July 1960 · 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
crew 3
- 2021And Then They Burn the Sea · thanks
- 2013Only Lovers Left Alive · thanks
- 1998The Arab Dream · cinematography
Acting 15
- 2019It Must Be Heaven as E.S.
- 2013Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me as Self
- 2012A Special Day as Self
- 20127 Days in Havana as E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")
- 2012Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy as Himself
- 2009The Time That Remains as E.S.
- 2008Critic as Self
- 2007To Each His Own Cinema as The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")
- 2007Bamako as Cow-boy
- 2002Divine Intervention as E.S.
- 1998The Arab Dream as Himself
- 1997War and Peace in Vesoul
- 1996Chronicle of a Disappearance as E.S.
- 1993The Gulf War... What Next?
- 1992Homage by Assassination as E.S.
Directing 12
- 2019It Must Be Heaven · director
- 20127 Days in Havana · director
- 2009The Time That Remains · director
- 2007To Each His Own Cinema · director
- 2002Divine Intervention · director
- 2000Cyber Palestine · director
- 1998The Arab Dream · director
- 1997War and Peace in Vesoul · director
- 1996Chronicle of a Disappearance · director
- 1993The Gulf War... What Next? · director
- 1992Homage by Assassination · director
- 1990Introduction to the End of an Argument · director
Writing 8
- 2019It Must Be Heaven · writer
- 2009The Time That Remains · writer
- 2002Divine Intervention · writer
- 2000Cyber Palestine · writer
- 1998The Arab Dream · writer
- 1996Chronicle of a Disappearance · writer
- 1993The Gulf War... What Next? · writer
- 1992Homage by Assassination · writer
Production 5
- 2019It Must Be Heaven · producer
- 2009The Time That Remains · producer
- 2002Divine Intervention · co-producer
- 1996Chronicle of a Disappearance · producer
- 1992Homage by Assassination · producer
Editing 1
- 1990Introduction to the End of an Argument · editor