Isaac is a creator, director, and writer who grew up in Alice Springs. He works across television series and documentaries. Notably, he co-created and directed episodes of the ABC/Netflix series MaveriX, receiving two nominations for the 2023 ADG awards nominations and an AACTA award nomination. The action/adventure series follows a team of teenage motocross riders in Australia’s spectacular Red Centre. It was the largest production ever filmed in the Northern Territory. 

He was also listed on Inside Film’s RISING STARS directors for 2022.  In 2019, he directed The Legend of Burnout Barry, earning his first ADG Award nomination.

His diverse work includes documentaries for VICE, SBS and ABC along with being the star and producer of  FINKE: There and Back, narrated by Eric Bana. He was once beeped at on the highway by a tradie who recognised him from the movie — It was mostly “I seen you in the movie (…unintelligible).” Isaac gives a thumbs up, changes lanes.

He is currently in post production on his feature doco debut, Hard as Puck following a team of para ice hockey players from Perth determined to take on the world. Set to premiere at MIFF 2026.

With a television show in development with EasyTiger Productions and a feature in development with Brindle Films, Isaac continues to develop a unique voice within the Australian screen industry as a paraplegic director. When he’s not directing, you’ll find Isaac creating characters out of thin air at local improv comedy shows, or riding his wheelchair-adapted motocross bike.

DIRECTING/WRITING

SERIES

WILDLIFERS!
Wildbear Entertainment/ABC ME, 2023
Director
Web series: 15 x 12 min

MAVERIX
Brindle Films/ABC/Netflix, 2022
Creator (co-created with Rachel Clements, Sam Meikle)
Executive Producer
Director – Season 1 (Episodes 3 & 5)

SHAFTED – In Development
Easy Tiger, 2024
Creator (co-created with Lucy Knox)

SHORTS

DON’T COME IN…YET
Future Room Films, 2022
Writer/Director

THE LEGEND OF BURNOUT BARRY
Latenite Films/ABC ME, 2019
Creator (co-created with Nicolette Minster, Nicholas Colla)
Director
TV movie: 23 min  

A STATIC WIND
Independent Production, 2016
Writer/Director

DOCUMENTARIES

WE ARE SEXUAL BEINGS
Swag Film/SBS, 2022
Creator/Director

BURLESQUE BLOKES
Swag Film/VICE/SBS Viceland, 2019
Director

FINKE: THERE AND BACK
Brindle Films/Madman Entertainment, 2018
Producer/Subject (Dir. Dylan River)

AWARDS / SCREENINGS

MAVERIX
AACTA Award for Best Children’s Program, 2022 – Nominated

Australian Director’s Guild Awards:
Best Direction in a Children’s TV or SVoD Drama, 2022 – Nominated x 2

THE LEGEND OF BURNOUT BARRY
Australian Director’s Guild Awards:
Best Direction in a Children’s Program, 2019 – Nominated

A STATIC WIND
ATOM Awards Tertiary Fiction, 2016 – Winner
Lexus Short Film Fellowship, 2017 – Finalist

FINKE: THERE AND BACK
SIFF, MIFF, CinefestOZ, DIFF, Adelaide Film Festival, BIFF

DON’T COME IN…YET
Flickerfest, CinefestOZ, St Kilda Film Fest, DIFF, Calgary International Film Festival, Dances With Films.

TEACHING

Sessional Lecturer
Deakin University, 2016 – 2021
Filmmaking production units, creative short & short fiction
Script writing and production mentoring

EDUCATION

Deakin University – Bachelor of Arts Film (Honours), 2016