Shay Kanot (Hebrew: שי כנות) is an American film and television screenwriter and director.
He is known for his creating and directing the four season crime series The Arbitrator (Ha-borer) starring Yehuda Levi and Ania Bukstein.
Shay Kanot also directed Gal Gadot in her only Israeli movie The Goal (Kicking out Shoshana) sold to Apple TV+ .
He directed the series Three (Thalathe) which was nominated for best-series TV at the Festival De Cannes.
Kanot wrote the script for the Israeli show Shabatot Vehagim (2004) along with Eran Kolirin.