Elia Suleiman
- January 4, 2024
- Director
Quick Facts
Elia Suleiman Biography
| Name | Elia Suleiman |
| Birthday | Jul 28 |
| Birth Year | 1960 |
| Place Of Birth | Israel |
| Birth Country | Israel |
| Birth Sign | Leo |
| Spouse | Yasmine Hamdan |
Elia Suleiman is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on July 28, 1960 in Israel, Israel. Palestinian filmmaker who was known for examining hot-button political issues in his films. He was a recipient of the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002.
His work was sometimes compared to that of Buster Keaton.
Between 1982–1993, Suleiman lived in New York City, where he co-directed: Introduction to the End of an Argument (1990) and directed Homage by Assassination, that both won numerous awards.
Homage by Assassination is a “diary film” that critiques the 1991 Gulf War via the juxtaposition of multilayered personal anecdotes and identity. The film offers a lucid portrait of what Ella Shohat and Robert Stam have termed “cultural disembodiment,” manifested in “multiple failures of communication,” that reflect the contradictions of a “diasporic subject.”
He was born and raised under Israeli occupation in Palestine.
Elia Suleiman Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Director |
| House | Living in own house. |
Elia Suleiman is one of the richest Director from Israel. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Elia Suleiman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
His early work critiqued the portrayal of Arab society by Western media.
He won the Jury Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
Elia Suleiman (Arabic: إيليا سليمان , IPA: [ˈʔiːlja sʊleːˈmaːn] ; born July 28, 1960) is a Palestinian-Israeli film director and actor of Rûm Greek Orthodox origin. He is best known for the 2002 film Divine Intervention (Arabic: يد إلهية ), a modern tragic comedy on living under occupation in Palestine which won the Jury Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Elia 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.
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In 2002, Suleiman’s second feature film, Divine Intervention, subtitled, A Chronicle of Love and Pain, won the Jury Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and the International Critics Prize (FIPRESCI), also receiving the Best Foreign Film Prize at the European Awards in Rome.
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Elia Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Israel. Elia Suleiman celebrates birthday on July 28 of every year.
His latest film, It Must Be Heaven, competed in the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and had its North American premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.