About
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
And Then They Burn the Sea2021 · Thanks
It Must Be Heaven2019 · Director, Writer, Producer
Only Lovers Left Alive2013 · Thanks
7 Days in Havana2012 · Director
The Time That Remains2009 · Director, Writer, Producer
To Each His Own Cinema2007 · Director
Divine Intervention2002 · Director, Writer, Co-Producer
Cyber Palestine2000 · Writer, Director
The Arab Dream1998 · Cinematography, Writer, Director
War and Peace in Vesoul1997 · Director
Chronicle of a Disappearance1996 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Gulf War... What Next?1993 · Director, Writer
Homage by Assassination1992 · Producer, Writer, Director
Introduction to the End of an Argument1990 · Director, Editor