Isabelle Stead (born 8 October in Leeds, United Kingdom) is a British film director, producer and philanthropist.
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 the documentary In My Mother's Arms that 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 an member of the Asia Pacific Motion Picture Academy of the Arts.[5]
In 2010 Stead established the 'Iraq's missing' campaign and began lobbying for the DNA testing of Iraq's mass graves.