---
name: "Nael Kanj"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nael-kanj"
fi1m_id: "nael-kanj"
tmdb_id: 1728941
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T12:02:33.064885+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Nael Kanj

## Identity

Nael Kanj

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nael-kanj
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nael-kanj
- **TMDB ID:** 1728941
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1728941

Production designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1728941

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Palestine 36*](https://film.one/film/palestine-36.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Nael Kanj is a production designer and art director. His credits include production design on *Omar* (2013), *The Idol* (2015), *Wajib* (2017), *The Teacher* (2023) and *Palestine 36* (2025). He has also worked as art director on *The Idol* and *The Present* (2020).

Kanj has contributed to a range of Palestinian and international productions, often in collaboration with directors such as Annemarie Jacir. He is also credited as an actor in several films, including *Omar* and *Farha* (2021).

*Sources: imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Palestine 36* (2025), Fi1m 73, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/palestine-36.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Palestine 36* (2025), Production Design — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/palestine-36.md)
- *The Teacher* (2024), as The Settler · Production Design
- *Huda's Salon* (2022), Actor
- *Amira* (2021), Set Designer
- *Farha* (2021), as Al-Sheikh
- *The Present* (2020), as Art Direction
- *It Must Be Heaven* (2019), as Bishop
- *Wajib* (2017), Production Design
- *The Idol* (2016), Production Design, Art Direction
- *My Love Awaits Me By the Sea* (2013), Actor
- *Omar* (2013), Production Design
- *Stories on Human Rights* (2008), Production Design

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