Elia Suleiman
Birthday
1960/07/28 (64 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Nazareth, Israel
Also know as
엘리아 술레이만, إيليا سليمان, אליה סולימאן, エリア・スレイマン, Elya Süleyman, 伊利亞·蘇萊曼, ایلیا سلیمان
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.
Acting
(2002) Divine Intervention
as E.S.
(2009) The Time That Remains
as E.S.
(2012) 7 Days in Havana
as E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")
(2006) Bamako
as Cow-boy
(2013) Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
as Self
(1996) Chronicle of a Disappearance
as E.S.
(2012) A Special Day
as Self
(2007) To Each His Own Cinema
as The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")
(2019) It Must Be Heaven
as E.S.
(2008) Critic
as Self
(1992) Homage by Assassination
as E.S.
(1993) The Gulf War... What Next?
as ---
(2012) Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
as Himself
(1998) The Arab Dream
as Himself