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Elia Suleiman

Elia Suleiman

CrewActorDirectorProducerWriter Jul 28 (age 65) Nazareth, Israel 1990–2021 (31 year career)
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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 Lebane…

Known For

Only Lovers Left Alive
Film

Only Lovers Left Alive

Thanks
It Must Be Heaven
Film

It Must Be Heaven

E.S.
To Each His Own Cinema
Film

To Each His Own Cinema

The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")
The Time That Remains
Film

The Time That Remains

E.S.
Divine Intervention
Film

Divine Intervention

E.S.
7 Days in Havana
Film

7 Days in Havana

E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")
The Court
Film

The Court

Cow-boy
Critic
Film

Critic

Self

Filmography