- Born
- Birth nameElie Kheir Samaha
- Elie Samaha was born on May 10, 1955 in Beirut, Lebanon. He is a producer and actor, known for Battlefield Earth (2000), The Boondock Saints (1999) and The Art of War (2000). He was previously married to Tia Carrere.
- SpouseTia Carrere(November 22, 1992 - February 2000) (divorced)
- First husband of Tia Carrere.
- Co-founded Franchise Pictures alongside Andrew Stevens and Ashok Amritraj.
- Brother of Demitri Samaha.
- Whether it's real estate or dry cleaning or restaurants or nightclubs, import or export, it's all about cost and efficiency. You look at the (film) companies that are not in business right now, and it's because many of them overpaid.
- Everything in Hollywood is a hustle.
- Whether you are in the restaurant business, the club business, or the movie business, it's like a jungle out there. The same actor you're trying to get, there's like 200 producers going after the guy.
- Tarak Ben Ammar understands production very well and it gives you more confidence to be in business with someone who's hands-on.
- Our aim is to make and market exciting, commercial films that will appeal to domestic theatrical distributors and fill the theatrical requirements of the world's distributors.
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