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Elia Suleiman
Directing
Born: July 28, 1960
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.
Known For
To Each His Own Cinema
as The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")
It Must Be Heaven
as E.S.
7 Days in Havana
as E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")
The Time That Remains
as E.S.
Critic
as Self
Bamako
as Cow-boy
A Special Day
as Self
Chronicle of a Disappearance
as E.S.
Divine Intervention
as E.S.
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
as Self
