Isabelle Stead

Isabelle Stead (born 8 October in Leeds, United Kingdom) is a British film director, producer and activist.

In 2008, Stead became a Sundance fellow and alumni.[1]

In 2010 Stead was selected by the British Council as the UK Producer on the Move for Cannes International Film Festival.[2] Stead produced Son of Babylon; the film screened at Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals and received the Amnesty and Peace Prize, followed by a British Independent Film Award.[3] The film was selected as Iraq's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards.

In 2011 Stead produced a documentary In My Mother's Arms; it premièred at the Toronto International Film Festival.[4] The film went on to win the Asia Pacific Academy Award for Best Documentary.

In 2012 Stead became a member of the Asia Pacific Motion Picture Academy of the Arts.[5]

Humanitarian work

In 2010 Stead set up the 'Iraq's missing' campaign and began lobbying for the DNA testing of mass graves in Iraq.[6]

Filmography

Awards

References

  1. ^ "News | Sundance Institute". Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Isabelle Stead". British Council. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d "Award-winning Son of Babylon". 20 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Toronto film festival 2011: The full programme". TheGuardian.com. 27 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Winners of the Sixth Annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards Announced". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  6. ^ Williams, Evan (3 July 2011). "The ghosts that haunt post-war Iraq". The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Turkish movies win major awards in Asia film festival". Hürriyet Daily News. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2026.



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