Elia Suleiman
Known for
Directing
Born
July 28, 1960 (age 66)
Birthplace
Nazareth, Israel
Biography
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 work
Only Lovers Left Alive
2013
It Must Be Heaven
2019
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
7 Days in Havana
2012
The Time That Remains
2009
Divine Intervention
2002
Bamako
2007
Chronicle of a Disappearance
1996
Critic
2008
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
2013Filmography
2021
2019
It Must Be Heavenas E.S., Writer, Director, Producer
2013
Only Lovers Left AliveThanks
2013
2012
A Special Dayas Self
2012
7 Days in Havanaas E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner"), Director
2012
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boyas Himself
2009
The Time That Remainsas E.S., Director, Writer, Producer
2008
Criticas Self
2007
To Each His Own Cinemaas The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak"), Director
2007
Bamakoas Cow-boy
2002
Divine Interventionas E.S., Director, Writer, Co-Producer
2000
Cyber PalestineWriter, Director
1998
The Arab Dreamas Himself, Cinematography, Director, Writer
1997
War and Peace in VesoulDirector
1996
Chronicle of a Disappearanceas E.S., Writer, Director, Producer
1993
The Gulf War... What Next?Director, Writer
1992
Homage by Assassinationas E.S., Director, Producer, Writer
1990
Introduction to the End of an ArgumentDirector, Editor