Elia Suleiman
Directing
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.
Filmography 17
Movies (17)
It Must Be Heaven2019E.S.
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me2013Self
A Special Day2012Self
7 Days in Havana2012E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy2012Himself
The Time That Remains2009E.S.
Critic2008Self
To Each His Own Cinema2007The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")
Bamako2007Cow-boy
Divine Intervention2002E.S.
Cyber Palestine2000Directing
The Arab Dream1998Himself
War and Peace in Vesoul1997
Chronicle of a Disappearance1996E.S.
The Gulf War... What Next?1993
Homage by Assassination1992E.S.
Introduction to the End of an Argument1990Directing