Elia Suleiman
DirectingAlso Known As
엘리아 술레이만, إيليا سليمان, אליה סולימאן, エリア・スレイマン, Elya Süleyman
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.
Movies
(14 total)
It Must Be Heaven
as E.S.
To Each His Own Cinema
as The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")
7 Days in Havana
as E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")
The Time That Remains
as E.S.
Divine Intervention
as E.S.
The Court
as Cow-boy
Critic
as Self
A Special Day
as Self
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
as Himself
The Arab Dream
as Himself