Elia Suleiman

Directing · b. 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.

Known for

6.5

It Must Be Heaven

2019 · Director

6.5

To Each His Own Cinema

2007 · Director

5.6

7 Days in Havana

2012 · Director

7.3

The Time That Remains

2009 · Director

6.6

Divine Intervention

2002 · Director

6.6

Chronicle of a Disappearance

1996 · Director

7.8

Introduction to the End of an Argument

1990 · Director

7.0

Cyber Palestine

2000 · Director

10.0

Homage by Assassination

1992 · Director

9.0

The Gulf War... What Next?

1993 · Director

10.0

War and Peace in Vesoul

1997 · Director

The Arab Dream

1998 · Director

Directed

6.5

It Must Be Heaven

2019 · Director

5.6

7 Days in Havana

2012 · Director

7.3

The Time That Remains

2009 · Director

6.5

To Each His Own Cinema

2007 · Director

6.6

Divine Intervention

2002 · Director

7.0

Cyber Palestine

2000 · Director

The Arab Dream

1998 · Director

10.0

War and Peace in Vesoul

1997 · Director

6.6

Chronicle of a Disappearance

1996 · Director

9.0

The Gulf War... What Next?

1993 · Director

10.0

Homage by Assassination

1992 · Director

7.8

Introduction to the End of an Argument

1990 · Director

Acting

6.5

It Must Be Heaven

2019 · E.S.

5.6

7 Days in Havana

2012 · E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")

7.3

The Time That Remains

2009 · E.S.

7.0

Bamako

2007 · Cow-boy

6.5

To Each His Own Cinema

2007 · The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")

6.6

Divine Intervention

2002 · E.S.

10.0

War and Peace in Vesoul

1997

6.6

Chronicle of a Disappearance

1996 · E.S.

9.0

The Gulf War... What Next?

1993

10.0

Homage by Assassination

1992 · E.S.