Elia Suleiman
Directing
Born July 28, 1960 · Nazareth, Israel
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 (12)
It Must Be Heaven
2019
7 Days in Havana
2012
The Time That Remains
2009
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Divine Intervention
2002
Cyber Palestine
2000
The Arab Dream
1998
War and Peace in Vesoul
1997
Chronicle of a Disappearance
1996
The Gulf War... What Next?
1993
Homage by Assassination
1992
Introduction to the End of an Argument
1990
Acting (15)
It Must Be Heaven
2019
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
2013
A Special Day
2012
7 Days in Havana
2012
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
2012
The Time That Remains
2009
Critic
2008
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
The Court
2006
Divine Intervention
2002
The Arab Dream
1998
War and Peace in Vesoul
1997
Chronicle of a Disappearance
1996
The Gulf War... What Next?
1993
Homage by Assassination
1992