Elie Samaha
Producer, screenwriter
Elie Samaha (born May 10, 1955) is a movie theater owner, real estate entrepreneur and film producer in Los Angeles, with production credits beginning with The Immortals in 1995. Samaha was born in Zahlé, Lebanon. He has produced over 83 works, primarily films along with some video games. He is a producer, known for The Boondock Saints (1999), Battlefield Earth (2000), Spartan (2004). 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 able in 1999 to lock up a distribution deal with Warner Bros. Pictures. He was previously married to Tia Carrere. Samaha is jewish. He was married to Diane Shammas from 1980 to 1988. He was married to actress Tia Carrere from 1992 to 2000.
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