Emily Isaacs
writer | producer | director

Emily Isaacs has been immersed in the performing arts since childhood. She  gre up immersed in London's advertising industry, began modelling and acting professionally as a baby, appearing in stage and screen work throughout her childhood and teens, before training as a 'cellist at Trinity College of Music, London.

After more than twenty years as a ‘cellist and teacher, a relapse of Sjogrens caused her to return to her first love of drama and literature. She completed a BA in English Literature with the Open University with a 2:1 and an MA in Cultural and Creative Industries at the University of Sussex with a first.

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Her writing blends sharp observation, emotional honesty, and dark humour. Whether set in Edwardian London or modern-day Sussex, her work centres on ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances; often women whose stories have been forgotten or overlooked.

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Emily is co-founder of Scriptworks Productions, an Eastbourne-based creative studio producing short films, features, plays and novels that champion female-focused and socially conscious storytelling.

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Emily’s work is united by compassion, humour, and an unflinching curiosity about how people survive, adapt, and keep going when the world tells them not to.

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Recent projects

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• Diamond Alice 'The Hoister's Code' – a novella inspired by the true story of London’s all-female Forty Elephants gang. 

• Producing short films Johnny and Jenny Takes a Shortcut and Enough for Scriptworks Productions. 

• Last year she won the 'Creative Queens' competition,  awarding her a place at the Rocaberti Writers' Retreat, where she studied under BAFTA-winning director Michael Davies to adapt her award-winning script Diamond Alice from a pilot to a feature film. It was later pitched at Birmingham TV and Film Market and is now actively seeking a producer experienced in managing £7-10m productions.  

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Emily has Sjogren's Disease and her two sons are significantly on the autism spectrum with learning disabilities, so she is a keen advocate for the disabled community.  

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Currently

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Emily is editing her debut novel The Chelsea Rationalists and developing two short films due to shoot in 2026.