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

It Must Be Heaven

as E.S.

To Each His Own Cinema

as The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")

7 Days in Havana

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

The Time That Remains

as E.S.

Divine Intervention

as E.S.

Bamako

as Cow-boy

Chronicle of a Disappearance

as E.S.

Critic

as Self

Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me

as Self

A Special Day

as Self