Elia Suleiman
Palestinian film director · Israel · On the map · Directors · Born 1960 · age 66
Elia Suleiman is a Palestinian film director and actor. He is best known for the 2002 film Divine Intervention, a modern tragicomedy on living under occupation in Palestine which won the Jury Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
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It Must Be HeavenFilm, Director, Writer2013
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and MeFilm2012
7 Days in HavanaFilm, Director2009
The Time That RemainsFilm, Director, Writer2008
CriticFilm2007
BamakoFilm, Cow-boy2002European Film Award for Best Non-European FilmAward
Divine InterventionFilm, 2002Director, Writer2000
Cyber PalestineFilm, Director, Writer1998
The Arab DreamFilm, Director, Writer1997
War and Peace in VesoulFilm, Director1996
Chronicle of a DisappearanceFilm, Director, Writer1993
The Gulf War... What Next?Film, Director, Writer1992
Homage by AssassinationFilm, Director, Writer1990
Introduction to the End of an ArgumentFilm, Director1960Born28 July 1960People around Elia
Ali Suliman Elia directed The Time That Remains (2009)
Michel Piccoli Elia directed To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Menashe Noy Elia produced Divine Intervention (2003)
Roman Polanski Directed To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
David Lynch Directed To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Isabelle Adjani Elia directed To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Willem Dafoe Elia directed To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Lars von Trier Elia directed To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Emir Kusturica Elia directed 7 Days in Havana (2013)
Wim Wenders Directed To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Jeanne Moreau Elia directed To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Takeshi Kitano Directed To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Alejandro González Iñárritu Directed To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Abbas Kiarostami Directed To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
David Cronenberg Directed To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Anouk Aimée Elia directed To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Kim Novak Elia directed To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Gael García Bernal Elia directed It Must Be Heaven (2020)
Sylvia Kristel Elia directed To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Jane Campion Directed To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Ken Loach Directed To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Zhang Yimou Directed To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Theo Angelopoulos Directed To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Manoel de Oliveira Directed To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
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The Time That Remains 2009
Divine Intervention 2002
It Must Be Heaven 2019
To Each His Own Cinema 2007
7 Days in Havana 2012
Filmography 17
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Suleiman's cinematic style is often compared to that of Jacques Tati and Buster Keaton, for its poetic interplay between "burlesque and sobriety".
