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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Divine Intervention
as E.S.
2002
The Time That Remains
as E.S.
2009
7 Days in Havana
as E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")
2012
Bamako
as Cow-boy
2006
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
as Self
2013
Chronicle of a Disappearance
as E.S.
1996
A Special Day
as Self
2012
To Each His Own Cinema
as The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")
2007
It Must Be Heaven
as E.S.
2019
Critic
as Self
2008
Homage by Assassination
as E.S.
1992
The Gulf War... What Next?
1993
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
as Himself
2012
The Arab Dream
as Himself
1998
War and Peace in Vesoul
1997