Portrait of Elia Suleiman

Directing

Elia Suleiman

Career

Active from 1990 to 2019, with up to 1 main title a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinema
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Elia Suleiman Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    1.8, average 4.8
  • Scare
    0.6, average 2.6
  • Violence
    2.2, average 4.1
  • Mystery
    2.1, average 4.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Observational Cinema 2
  • Melancholic Tone 2
  • Palestinian Identity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

15
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
And Then They Burn the Sea
And Then They Burn the Sea (2021)

Thanks

2010s

3 titles · average score 62
It Must Be Heaven
It Must Be Heaven (2019)
GoodWatch score 65

as E.S.

Only Lovers Left Alive
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
GoodWatch score 78

Thanks

7 Days in Havana
7 Days in Havana (2012)
GoodWatch score 45

as E.S. (segment "Diary of a Beginner")

2000s

5 titles · average score 76
The Time That Remains
The Time That Remains (2009)
GoodWatch score 74

as E.S.

To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
GoodWatch score 83

as The filmmaker (segment "Irtebak")

Bamako
Bamako (2007)
GoodWatch score 75

as Cow-boy

Divine Intervention
Divine Intervention (2002)
GoodWatch score 73

as E.S.

Cyber Palestine
Cyber Palestine (2000)

Director, Writer

1990s

6 titles · average score 80
The Arab Dream
The Arab Dream (1998)

Cinematography, Director

War and Peace in Vesoul
War and Peace in Vesoul (1997)

Director

Chronicle of a Disappearance
Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996)
GoodWatch score 80

as E.S.

The Gulf War... What Next?
The Gulf War... What Next? (1993)

Director, Writer

Homage by Assassination
Homage by Assassination (1992)

as E.S.

Introduction to the End of an Argument
Introduction to the End of an Argument (1990)

Director, Editor