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.

In 2010 Stead was selected by the British Council as the UK Producer on the Move for Cannes International Film Festival. 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. 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. 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.

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

Filmography 2013 - In the Sands of Babylon 2011 - In My Mother's Arms 2010 - Kosher 2009 - Son of Babylon 2005 - Ahlaam

Awards

2010 British Independent Film Award – The Raindance Maverick Award for In the Sands of Babylon 2013 Best Film from Arab World for In the Sands of Babylon - Abu Dhabi Film Festival