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name: "Soraya Gilanni Viljoen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/soraya-gilanni-viljoen"
fi1m_id: "soraya-gilanni-viljoen"
tmdb_id: 3916432
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-30T22:03:23.585724+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."
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# Soraya Gilanni Viljoen

## Identity

Soraya Gilanni Viljoen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/soraya-gilanni-viljoen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** soraya-gilanni-viljoen
- **TMDB ID:** 3916432
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3916432

Production designer. Born in London.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3916432

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Blue Jean*](https://film.one/film/blue-jean.md) (77)

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## Biography

Soraya Gilanni Viljoen is a British production designer of Pakistani and South African descent. Born and raised in London, with time spent in Portugal, she studied English Literature at the University of Oxford before moving into film in 2012.

She has designed several features, including Adura Onashile’s *Girl* (2023), which premiered at Sundance; Georgia Oakley’s *Blue Jean* (2022), which won the Audience Award at the Venice Film Festival and received a BAFTA nomination; Amrou al-Kadhi’s *Layla*, also a Sundance premiere; and Lance Hammer’s *Queen at Sea*, which competed at the Berlinale.

Earlier in her career, Viljoen served as art director of the independent publishing house Tilted Axis Press from its founding in 2015 until 2021.

*Sources: twine.net, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Blue Jean* (2023), Fi1m 77, Title Designer, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/blue-jean.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Queen at Sea* (2026), Production Design
- *Original Sin* (2025), Production Designer
- *Layla* (2025), Production Design
- *Girl* (2023), Production Design
- *Blue Jean* (2023), Production Design, Title Designer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/blue-jean.md)
- *Powder Room* (2013), Production Design

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