Nayef is a Palestinian-Israeli director and scriptwriter.
Studied at the Sam Spiegel Film & TV School in
Jerusalem and graduated with honors. Currently
co-writing with Gideon Raff (Homeland, The Spy)
on a new thriller series. Co-wrote with
Shuki Ben-Naim (Our Boys) and Maysaloun Hamoud’s
(In Between) debut television series Nafas which is
streaming on SundanceTV. Also, co-creating the series
NON-ISSUE, which participates in the Sam Spiegel
Series Lab is supported by Netflix. Currently finishing his
fourth short film, The Last Days of Summer.
