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Elie Samaha(I)

  • Producer
  • Actor
  • Writer
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Elie Samaha born May 9, 1989 is a producer, artist, hair styling professional and beauty salon owner in Lebanon. Samaha was born Wadi El Arayesh, Zahle. He studied in COB school in Zahle for 18 years. Elie Samaha is the cinematographer of Maria Je T'aime music video. In 2022 Elie Samaha started publishing episodes of is podcast produced by Lelo Production
BornMay 10, 1955
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      • 1 win total

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    Known for

    Battlefield Earth (2000)
    Battlefield Earth
    2.5
    • Producer
    • 2000
    Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, and Norman Reedus in The Boondock Saints (1999)
    The Boondock Saints
    7.6
    • Producer
    • 1999
    The Art of War (2000)
    The Art of War
    5.7
    • Producer
    • 2000
    Val Kilmer in Spartan (2004)
    Spartan
    6.5
    • Producer
    • 2004

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Exorcist Archives
      • executive producer
      • Post-production
    • Paralysis (2025)
      Paralysis
      5.0
      • executive producer
      • 2025
    • July 7: Who Killed the President of Haiti? (2025)
      July 7: Who Killed the President of Haiti?
      7.4
      • executive producer
      • 2025
    • Wesley Snipes, Bill Bellamy, Colleen Camp, Kevin Hart, Faizon Love, Gary Owen, Chris Spencer, Caryn Ward, J.B. Smoove, Tiffany Haddish, Piper Curda, Raigan Harris, Spence Moore II, Emelina Adams, and Ryan Alexander Holmes in Back on the Strip (2023)
      Back on the Strip
      4.3
      • producer
      • 2023
    • Prophets of Change (2022)
      Prophets of Change
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Louis Gossett Jr., Jack Noseworthy, Catherine Curtin, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Nathan Kress, Paul Becker, Madeleine Mantock, and Colin Critchley in Breaking Brooklyn (2018)
      Breaking Brooklyn
      5.6
      • producer
      • 2018
    • Pandas (2018)
      Pandas
      7.3
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • Keanu Reeves and Ana de Armas in Exposed (2016)
      Exposed
      4.4
      • executive producer
      • 2016
    • The 3rd Annual Noble Awards
      TV Special
      • executive producer
      • 2015
    • KDOC First Night 2013
      7.1
      TV Special
      • executive producer (as Eli Samaha)
      • 2012
    • Andie MacDowell, Tim Allen, Jenna Elfman, Lindsay Sloane, Elisha Cuthbert, Paz Vega, and Jenna Dewan in The Six Wives of Henry Lefay (2009)
      The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
      5.1
      • executive producer
      • 2009
    • Columbus Day (2008)
      Columbus Day
      5.2
      • executive producer
      • 2008
    • Impulse (2008)
      Impulse
      4.7
      Video
      • executive producer
      • 2008
    • Willa Ford in The Anna Nicole Smith Story (2007)
      The Anna Nicole Smith Story
      4.1
      • executive producer
      • 2007
    • 7-10 Split (2007)
      7-10 Split
      4.3
      • executive producer
      • 2007
    • Richard Gere in The Flock (2007)
      The Flock
      5.7
      • producer
      • 2007

    Actor

    • 20 Dates (1998)
      20 Dates
      5.6
      • Voice of the Producer
      • 1998
    • Angel City
      TV Movie
      • 1991

    Writer

    • Tia Carrere, Eric Roberts, Joe Pantoliano, and Clarence Williams III in The Immortals (1995)
      The Immortals
      5.5
      • story
      • 1995
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Eli Samaha
    • Born
      • May 10, 1955
      • Beirut, Lebanon
    • Spouse
      • Tia CarrereNovember 22, 1992 - February 2000 (divorced)
    • Relatives
      • Demitri Samaha(Sibling)
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      • 1 Article

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Co-founded Franchise Pictures alongside Andrew Stevens and Ashok Amritraj.
    • Quotes
      Whether it's real estate or dry cleaning or restaurants or nightclubs, import or export, it's all about cost and efficiency. You look at the (film) companies that are not in business right now, and it's because many of them overpaid.

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