Elia Suleiman

Director

Born: July 28, 1960 (age 65)
From: Nazareth, Israel

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…

Filmography (17)

It Must Be Heaven (2019)
Director
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me (2013)
Self
A Special Day (2012)
Self
7 Days in Havana (2012)
Director
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy (2012)
Himself
The Time That Remains (2009)
Director
Critic (2008)
Self
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Director
Bamako (2007)
Cow-boy
Divine Intervention (2002)
Director
Cyber Palestine (2000)
Director
The Arab Dream (1998)
Director
War and Peace in Vesoul (1997)
Director
Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996)
Director
The Gulf War... What Next? (1993)
Director
Homage by Assassination (1992)
Director
Introduction to the End of an Argument (1990)
Director