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Elia Suleiman
Elia Suleiman

Elia Suleiman

DirectingBorn July 28, 1960 (age 65)Nazareth, Israel

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.

Filmography

2019Movie
2012Movie
2012
7 Days in Havana

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

Movie
2012Movie
2009Movie
2008
Critic

as Self

Movie
2007
To Each His Own Cinema

as The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")

Movie
2007
Bamako

as Cow-boy

Movie
2002Movie
1998
The Arab Dream

as Himself

Movie
1992Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentDirecting
BirthdayJuly 28, 1960
Place of BirthNazareth, Israel
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