Cast & creator
Elia Suleiman
Best known for Only Lovers Left Alive, 7 Days in Havana, 7 Days in Havana
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.
Also known as: 엘리아 술레이만, إيليا سليمان, אליה סולימאן, エリア・スレイマン, Elya Süleyman
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1990–2021 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (44)
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Only Lovers Left Alive
Thanks
2013
7 Days in Havana
E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")
20127 Days in Havana
Director
2012
To Each His Own Cinema
The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")
2007To Each His Own Cinema
Director
2007
It Must Be Heaven
E.S.
2019It Must Be Heaven
Director
2019It Must Be Heaven
Writer
2019It Must Be Heaven
Producer
2019
Bamako
Cow-boy
2007
Divine Intervention
E.S.
2002Divine Intervention
Director
2002Divine Intervention
Writer
2002Divine Intervention
Co-Producer
2002
The Time That Remains
E.S.
2009The Time That Remains
Director
2009The Time That Remains
Writer
2009The Time That Remains
Producer
2009
A Special Day
Self
2012
Chronicle of a Disappearance
E.S.
1996Chronicle of a Disappearance
Director
1996Chronicle of a Disappearance
Writer
1996Chronicle of a Disappearance
Producer
1996
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
Self
2013
Critic
Self
2008
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
Himself
2012
Cyber Palestine
Writer
2000Cyber Palestine
Director
2000
And Then They Burn the Sea
Thanks
2021
War and Peace in Vesoul
1997War and Peace in Vesoul
Director
1997
Homage by Assassination
E.S.
1992Homage by Assassination
Producer
1992Homage by Assassination
Writer
1992Homage by Assassination
Director
1992
The Arab Dream
Himself
1998The Arab Dream
Cinematography
1998The Arab Dream
Writer
1998The Arab Dream
Director
1998
The Gulf War... What Next?
1993The Gulf War... What Next?
Director
1993The Gulf War... What Next?
Writer
1993
Introduction to the End of an Argument
Director
1990Introduction to the End of an Argument
Editor
1990