Elia Suleiman

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

E.S.

يد إلهية‎

E.S.

الزمن الباقي

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

7 días en La Habana

Cow-boy

Bamako

Self

Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me

E.S.

سجل اختفاء

Self

Une Journée particulière

The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")

Chacun son cinema ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumiere s'eteint et que le film commence

E.S.

إن شئت كما في السماء

Self

Crítico

E.S.

Homage by Assassination

حرب الخليج... وبعد

Himself

Кустурица - Балкански хулиган

Himself

Al Hilm Al-‘Arabi