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.
Awards & recognition
- Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Picture · 2000
Filmography50+ titles
Pandas
Breaking Brooklyn
The Boondock Saints
Rescue Dawn
Kill Em All 2
The Big Kahuna
Tristan + Isolde
The Pledge
The Whole Nine Yards
American Perfekt
Heist
Animal Factory
Spartan
Angel Eyes
A Murder of Crows
Shadrach
I Could Never Be Your Woman
3000 Miles to Graceland
Entropy
Laws of Attraction
The Whole Ten Yards
Zig Zag
City by the Sea
The Caveman's Valentine
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
The Confession
The Third Miracle
This Is My Father
The In-Laws
Auggie Rose
The Art of War
Woman Wanted
Back on the Strip
The Flock
No Code of Conduct
Avenging Angelo
Scar City
Free Money
Mercy
The Maker
Alex & Emma
Get Carter
Top of the World
Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj
Half Past Dead
Driven
The White River Kid
Columbus Day
Break Up
Impulse