Personal Info
Birthday
July 28, 1960
Place of Birth
Nazareth, Israel
Known For
Directing
Elia Suleiman
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.
Directed Movies (12)
6.5
It Must Be Heaven
Movie2019
5.6
7 Days in Havana
Movie2012
7.3
The Time That Remains
Movie2009
6.5
To Each His Own Cinema
Movie2007
6.6
Divine Intervention
Movie2002
7.0
Cyber Palestine
Movie2000
No Backdrop
0.0
The Arab Dream
Movie1998
No Backdrop
10.0
War and Peace in Vesoul
Movie1997
6.6
Chronicle of a Disappearance
Movie1996
No Backdrop
9.0
The Gulf War... What Next?
Movie1993
10.0
Homage by Assassination
Movie1992
7.8
Introduction to the End of an Argument
Movie1990
Acting Filmography (15)
6.5
It Must Be Heaven
Movie2019
No Backdrop
6.4
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
Movie2013
No Backdrop
6.0
A Special Day
Movie2012
5.6
7 Days in Havana
Movie2012
No Backdrop
8.0
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
Movie2012
7.3
The Time That Remains
Movie2009
7.9
Critic
Movie2008
6.5
To Each His Own Cinema
Movie2007
7.0
Bamako
Movie2007
6.6
Divine Intervention
Movie2002
No Backdrop
0.0
The Arab Dream
Movie1998
No Backdrop
10.0
War and Peace in Vesoul
Movie1997
6.6
Chronicle of a Disappearance
Movie1996
No Backdrop
9.0
The Gulf War... What Next?
Movie1993
10.0
Homage by Assassination
Movie1992