Emily Isaacs
writer | producer | director

A classically trained musician and former ‘cellist, Emily Isaacs has been immersed in the performing arts since childhood. She began modelling and acting professionally as a baby, appearing in stage and screen work throughout her teens before training in music.

After more than twenty years as a ‘cellist and teacher, she returned to her first love of storytelling, drawing on her early experience of character, rhythm, and top-level professional performance. She studied Drama, English Literature and Music, later completing a BA in English Literature with the Open University and an MA in Cultural and Creative Industries at the University of Sussex.

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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 overlooked or misunderstood.

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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-led and socially conscious storytelling.

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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. 

• After winning the 'Creative Queens' competition and attending the Rocaberti Writers' Retreat, Emily studyied under BAFTA-winning director Michael Davies, who has helped her 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’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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When she isn’t writing or directing, Emily enjoys cross-stitching, gaming, reading and watching an unholy amount of TV. She lives in Eastbourne with her husband, Gino, a video editor and musician, and their family.

Emily has Sjogren's Disease and their 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 Scriptworks’ 2026 slate, which includes adapting two plays, (one into a short, one into a feature) and directing a new stage production.