Elie Samaha

Elie Samaha (born May 10, 1955 in Beirut , Lebanon ) is a film producer.

Live and act

Elie Samaha made his debut as a producer in the film business in 1995 with the thriller Gunpower , starring , among others, Eric Roberts and Joe Pantoliano . He mainly produces B-films such as The Foreigner from 2003, but also films such as Tristan & Isolde (2006) are part of his repertoire. He acts as a producer as well as an executive producer.

In 2001 he was awarded the Golden Raspberry in the worst film category for the science fiction film Battlefield Earth . In the following year, the films he produced, Driven and Crime is King, were also nominated for this negative award in this category.

Actors whose films he regularly produces include Steven Seagal , Dolph Lundgren and Tia Carrere . He was married to the latter from 1992 to 2000.

Filmography (selection)

• 1996: Lethal Point - Two Merciless Professionals (Hollow Point)
• 1997: Hate (Natural Enemy)
• 1997: The Maker (The Maker)
• 1997: American Perfect
• 1997: Showdown (Top of the World)
• 1998: Break Up (The Break Up)
• 1998: The Sweeper - Land Mines (Sweepers)
• 1998: Free Money
• 1999: The Confession - The Confession (The Confession)
• 1999: A Murder of Crows - Diabolical temptation (A Murder of Crows)
• 1999: The Bloody Path of God (The Boondock Saints)
• 1999: The Big Kahuna (The Big Kahuna)
• 2000: feelings that you see (Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her)
• 2000: Mercy - The Dark Side of Lust (Mercy)
• 2000: No Half Measures (The Whole Nine Yards)
• 2000: Battlefield Earth (Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000)
• 2000: Get Carter - The Truth Hurts (Get Carter)
• 2001: The promise (The Pledge)
• 2001: The Caveman's Valentine
• 2001: Heist - The Last Coup (Heist)
• 2001: Crime is King (3000 Miles to Graceland)
• 2001: Driven
• 2001: Angel Eyes
• 2001: Plan B
• 2002: Avenging Angelo
• 2002: City by the Sea
• 2002: Half Past Dead (Half Past Dead)
• 2003: The Foreigner - The Stranger (The Foreigner)
• 2003: The In-Laws (The In-Laws)
• 2003: Alex & Emma
• 2004: Spartan
• 2004: No half measures 2 - especially now! (The Whole Ten Yards)
• 2004: Out of Reach
• 2005: Into the Sun - In the Net of the Yakuza (Into the Sun)
• 2006: Tristan & Isolde
• 2006: Rescue Dawn
• 2007: The Flock (The Flock)
• 2007: Anna Nicole
• 2008: Impulse - Deadly Desire (Impulse)
• 2008: Columbus Day - A Game of Life and Death (Columbus Day)
• 2009: My Dad, His Wives, and I (The Six Wives of Henry Lefay)

Web links

• Elie Samaha in the Internet Movie Database (English)