Elia Suleiman
Known for Directing
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.
Filmography
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
as The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")
Critic
2008
as Self
It Must Be Heaven
2019
as E.S.
7 Days in Havana
2012
as E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")
The Time That Remains
2009
as E.S.
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
2012
as Himself
Bamako
2006
as Cow-boy
A Special Day
2012
as Self
Divine Intervention
2002
as E.S.
Chronicle of a Disappearance
1996
as E.S.
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
2013
as Self
The Gulf War... What Next?
1993
Homage by Assassination
1992
as E.S.
War and Peace in Vesoul
1997
The Arab Dream
1998
as Himself