Isabelle Stead (born 8 October in Leeds, United Kingdom)[ citation needed ] 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]
In 2010 Stead set up the 'Iraq's missing' campaign and began lobbying for the DNA testing of mass graves in Iraq. [6]