
Elie Samaha
Producer
Born: May 10, 1955 (70 years old)
Place of birth: Beirut, Lebanon
Biography
Elie Samaha (Arabic: إيلي سماحة) is a film producer in Los Angeles, with production credits beginning with The Immortals in 1995. He has produced over 83 works, primarily films along with some video games. He produced The Boondock Saints (1999), Battlefield Earth (2000), Driven (2001), 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001), Heist (2001), The Pledge (2001), Spartan (2004), Back on the Strip (2023), among many others. Samaha built his reputation in Hollywood first as the owner of Celebrity Cleaners and then with his nightclub on Sunset Strip, the Roxbury. Parlaying the Hollywood friendships he formed through his clubs, Samaha was given a distribution deal with Warner Bros. Pictures in 1998. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elie Samaha, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (71)
- Pandas (2018, ★ 8.1)
- Breaking Brooklyn (2018, ★ 7.8)
- Spartan (2004, ★ 6.2)
- The Pledge (2001, ★ 6.6)
- The Boondock Saints (1999, ★ 7.3)
- Angel Eyes (2001, ★ 6.1)
- Rescue Dawn (2007, ★ 7)
- Tristan & Isolde (2006, ★ 6.7)
- Kill 'em All 2 (2024, ★ 6.7)
- The Big Kahuna (1999, ★ 6.8)
- 20 Dates (1998, ★ 5)
- Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj (2006, ★ 5.1)
- No Code of Conduct (1999, ★ 5.3)
- Mercy (2000, ★ 5.1)
- The Whole Ten Yards (2004, ★ 5.7)
- Laws of Attraction (2004, ★ 5.8)
- Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000, ★ 5.8)
- The In-Laws (2003, ★ 5.6)
- 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001, ★ 5.9)
- A Sound of Thunder (2005, ★ 4.8)
- Half Past Dead (2002, ★ 5.1)
- The Maker (1997, ★ 5)
- Break Up (1998, ★ 4.9)
- The Caveman's Valentine (2001, ★ 5.8)
- Avenging Angelo (2002, ★ 5.4)
- Desperate But Not Serious (2000, ★ 4.9)
- Woman Wanted (1999, ★ 5.6)
- The Immortals (1995, ★ 5.6)
- Monument Ave. (1998, ★ 5.6)
- Heist (2001, ★ 6.3)