Naji Ismail is an Egyptian filmmaker who graduated from the High Institute of Cinema in Cairo. In the pursuit of his dream, Naji participated in several workshops in writing, producing and documentaries such as the Danish Film School, HotDocs Program, Basics of Documentary Films European Program and others where he developed different short movies. In 2010, Naji received a two month scholarship in the University of George Washington in the United States. Later on, he founded his own production company "Rahala for Production and Distribution" and in 2013 the company had its first production, a short documentary “Om Amira” written and directed by Naji. The film was screened in Berlinale 2014 in the short films competition, which was considered a comeback for the Egyptian Cinema whose last participation in the Berlinale was 30 years ago.In 2016 he did his second short Narrative film "The Builders",the film was screened at Dubai film festival. In between Naji shooting many several commercials Ads for brands like Sunny and Fern.