Isaac is a versatile writer, director, and creative professional who excels in film, TV, and theatre. He combines crowd-pleasing and thought-provoking entertainment with inspiration drawn from his diverse and distinctive upbringing.

Isaac currently has original projects in development with Joi Productions, Urban Myth Films, Tedium Entertainment, and Other Productions. Additionally, he has contributed episodes to “Spellbound” for Hulu.

In 2022, Isaac’s script “Two Become One” received twelve mentions on The Brit List, while his play “VAR” was a runner-up for the ATG Playwright’s Prize. His directorial achievements include notable work for Channel 4’s Random Acts, the BBC’s Sparks series, Beats by Dre, and music videos that have garnered significant YouTube viewing figures. Most recently, his short film, “Taylor,” has received acclaim and earned him an Emerging Talent award at the New Renaissance Film Festival.

As a member of the Stockroom Writers’ Room, Isaac’s theatre productions include Blaccine: First Dose for Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Alice in Wonderland for Liverpool Playhouse.

Notably, Isaac has established a fruitful collaborative partnership with writer Jon Barton, resulting in scripts that have twice been finalists for Screencraft screenplay competitions, as well as securing a film funding award from the Isle of Man Arts Council.

Isaac’s talent and potential have been recognised through his participation in flagship labs, including Breaking the Glass Ceiling, where he is being mentored by director Yann Demange, BFI Network @LFF, Bafta Crew, Series Mania Writers Lab, CANNESFILMS, and the Victor Adebodun Foundation mentorship scheme, where he was mentored by Fiona Lamptey.

In addition to his creative work, Isaac plays an influential role in Pocc, a community dedicated to improving the experiences of creative professionals from the African, Caribbean, and Asian diasporas. He also shares his expertise by teaching filmmaking and scriptwriting for various organisations, including the Prince’s Trust, Iconic Steps, and the Met Film School.

 

TV

SPELLBOUND (Hulu) – Writer Episodes 10 and 14

A 15-year-old who relocates from a small town in the US to Paris to study ballet but her dancing dream takes a supernatural turn when she discovers a book of family spells and accidentally unleashes magical mysteries into her life.

 

ABOVE THE LINE – Co-written with Jon Barton

A fast-paced family saga about a dysfunctional dynasty of filmmakers fighting for prestige amid allegations of corruption and murder.

 

WORTH – Writer
Industry meets Succession, a series in which a rich, idle young heiress is forced to learn the true value of money. Following the death of her father, Jade learns that her inheritance is only payable if she is able to build a successful and legal business portfolio. From scratch/

 

VACANT BASS (Channel 4) – Director, Writer, Executive Producer

A short film commissioned for Random Acts as part of the CH4 Black and Proud season. Watch here

 

I JUST STABBED SOMEONE (BBC) – Director

Part of the BBC’s Sparks series. One of Ten powerful, authentic monologues from emerging UK talent, bringing a distinct and alternative view of what it means to be young today.

 

FILM

TWO BECOME ONE (Joi Productions – Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor) –  Writer

In development

 

TAYLOR (Firework Productions) – Director

A bullied gay teenager’s life is turned around when a new friend teaches him how to box.

Winner of the emerging filmmaker award at the New Renaissance Film Festival 2022.

 

DEAD AIR – Co-written with Jon Barton

Two aspiring DJs, hungry for pirate radio fame, hijack a rival’s transmission, but when they play a cursed vinyl record on air, they awaken a malevolent presence that will stop at nothing to silence them.

 

BLOCKBUSTER BOYS – Co-written with Jon Barton.
Stranded in the woods and pursued by bullies, four teenagers must depend on their love of movies to find a way home before sundown.

Recipient of short film funding from the Isle of Man Arts Council

 

YOU ARE NOWHERE – Co-written with Jon Barton

Hollywood, 1986. John Carpenter is at rock bottom after the crushing failure of his summer tentpole movie, Big Trouble in Little China. Persuaded to spend the weekend at a creative retreat, he hopes it will rejuvenate his career, but he soon learns the retreat isn’t what it seems.

ScreenCraft Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalist

 

FAST CACHE –  Co-written with Jon Barton

In an action thriller feature set in the near future, two siblings are thrown back together and must fight to survive and defeat a dangerous cyberterrorist. Co-written with Jon Barton.

ScreenCraft Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalist

 

CURSE YOUR IDOLS – Writer
Horror feature film about three Oxford University students who unwittingly release a plague of increasingly strange and horrific events when they remove the statue of Cecil Rhodes from campus.

 

THEATRE

ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Stockroom & Liverpool Everyman Playhouse Theatres ) – Co-writer

Bursting with brilliant original music inspired by the best of British pop and with plenty of opportunities to sing and dance along, join our tech-savvy Alice as she sets out to repair her dear dad’s much-loved old stereo. A slip of the screwdriver hurtles her into a strange new world… as the tape unravels, she encounters a host of unlikely new friends and meets her musical match against the infamous Queen of Charts.

 

BLACCINE – (Pitlochry Festival Theatre) – Co-writer

Blaccine: First Dose takes listeners on a personal journey touching on complex realities through a series of three monologues. Told with sincerity and curiosity, this radically honest reflection of the COVID-19 vaccine take-up in the black British community is a gateway to the varied and deeply powerful forces playing into the lives of black people in the UK today.

 

VAR (very audible racism) – Writer

A one-man play based on Isaac’s experiences watching and supporting England on their run to the final of Euro 2020. It is an unconventional, innovative and inventive blend of gig theatre, spoken word, mixed media, and direct address, which confronts the assumptions and expectations of what it’s like to be a black England fan

Runner-up in the Ambassador Theatre Group Playwright’s Prize in association with Platform Presents.

 

HOW A CITY CAN SAVE THE WORLD (Stockroom) – Co-writer

Five strangers get into a lift in Sheffield, and when the doors open, they find themselves in 2116 in the very different city of Sheffuld. The eco-apocalypse has happened, division is rife, three-winged birds fly overhead, and people seem to be getting high on cups of tea. But an impending disaster looms, and it falls to our gang from 2022 to save the day.