Isaac Elliott is a creator, director, and writer who grew up in Alice Springs. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film & Television from Deakin University, with his graduating short film winning the ATOM Award in 2016.

He works across television series, documentaries, and short films. Most notably, he co-created and directed two episodes of the ABC/Netflix series MaveriX. The action/adventure series follows a team of teenage motocross riders as they attend the fictional MaveriX Academy, an intensive training camp in Australia’s spectacular Red Centre. It was the largest production ever filmed in the Northern Territory and garnered more than 6 million viewing hours on Netflix, an AACTA Award nomination, and Isaac received two ADG nominations for his directing work.

In 2022, he directed WILDLIFERS! for ABC ME and was listed on Inside Film’s RISING STARS directors for 2022. In 2019, he directed The Legend of Burnout Barry for Screen Australia’s Disrupted initiative, earning his first ADG Award nomination.

His diverse work includes documentaries such as Burlesque Blokes, which follows the life of a male stripper, and We Are Sexual Beings, which explores what it’s like to be young, disabled, and sexual in modern Australia. He is also the star and producer of the feature documentary FINKE: There and Back, narrated by Eric Bana.

When he’s not directing, you’ll find Isaac at the cinema, performing on stage 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