Elia Suleiman
Directing
Born: 1960-07-28 in 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.
Known For
Divine Intervention
E.S.
It Must Be Heaven
E.S.
To Each His Own Cinema
The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")
Bamako
Cow-boy
7 Days in Havana
E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")
The Time That Remains
E.S.
Chronicle of a Disappearance
E.S.
A Special Day
Self
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
Himself
Homage by Assassination
E.S.
Critic
Self
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
Self
War and Peace in Vesoul
The Arab Dream
Himself
