Elie Samaha
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.
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Acting (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Immortals | 1995 | Producer |
| Danger Zone | 1996 | Producer |
| Hollow Point | 1996 | Executive Producer |
| Natural Enemy | 1996 | Executive Producer |
| Top of the World | 1997 | Producer |
| American Perfekt | 1997 | Executive Producer |
| The Maker | 1997 | Executive Producer |
| 20 Dates | 1998 | Executive Producer |
| Break Up | 1998 | Producer |
| Shadrach | 1998 | Executive Producer |
| Monument Ave. | 1998 | Producer |
| Sweepers | 1998 | Producer |
| Free Money | 1998 | Executive Producer |
| The White River Kid | 1999 | Producer |
| The Boondock Saints | 1999 | Producer |
| No Code of Conduct | 1999 | Producer |
| The Confession | 1999 | Producer |
| This Is My Father | 1999 | Executive Producer |
| A Murder of Crows | 1999 | Producer |
| Scarred City | 1999 | Producer |
| Woman Wanted | 1999 | Executive Producer |
| Storm Catcher | 1999 | Executive Producer |
| If... Dog... Rabbit | 1999 | Producer |
| The Big Kahuna | 1999 | Producer |
| The Third Miracle | 1999 | Producer |
| Entropy | 1999 | Producer |
| Mercy | 2000 | Producer |
| The Whole Nine Yards | 2000 | Executive Producer |
| Battlefield Earth | 2000 | Producer |
| Auggie Rose | 2000 | Executive Producer |
| Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | 2000 | Executive Producer |
| The Art of War | 2000 | Executive Producer |
| Get Carter | 2000 | Producer |
| Animal Factory | 2000 | Producer |
| Desperate But Not Serious | 2000 | Executive Producer |
| Plan B | 2001 | Executive Producer |
| The Pledge | 2001 | Producer |
| The Caveman's Valentine | 2001 | Producer |
| 3000 Miles to Graceland | 2001 | Producer |
| Driven | 2001 | Producer |
| Green Dragon | 2001 | Producer |
| Angel Eyes | 2001 | Producer |
| Heist | 2001 | Producer |
| Zig Zag | 2002 | Producer |
| FearDotCom | 2002 | Executive Producer |
| Avenging Angelo | 2002 | Producer |
| City by the Sea | 2002 | Producer |
| Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever | 2002 | Producer |
| Half Past Dead | 2002 | Producer |
| The In-Laws | 2003 | Producer |
| The Foreigner | 2003 | Producer |
| Alex & Emma | 2003 | Producer |
| Spartan | 2004 | Producer |
| Laws of Attraction | 2004 | Executive Producer |
| The Whole Ten Yards | 2004 | Producer |
| Out of Reach | 2004 | Producer |
| A Sound of Thunder | 2005 | Executive Producer |
| Into the Sun | 2005 | Producer |
| Tristan & Isolde | 2006 | Producer |
| Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj | 2006 | Producer |
| 7-10 Split | 2007 | Executive Producer |
| Game of Life | 2007 | Executive Producer |
| I Could Never Be Your Woman | 2007 | Executive Producer |
| Rescue Dawn | 2007 | Executive Producer |
| The Flock | 2007 | Producer |
| The Anna Nicole Smith Story | 2007 | Executive Producer |
| Impulse | 2008 | Executive Producer |
| Columbus Day | 2008 | Executive Producer |
| Pandas | 2018 | Executive Producer |
| Breaking Brooklyn | 2018 | Producer |
| Back on the Strip | 2023 | Producer |
| Kill 'em All 2 | 2024 | Executive Producer |