Isabel is a New York-based editor specializing in documentary film. Her work has screened at Sundance, New York Film Festival, Berlinale and IDFA, among many others. She cut the critically-acclaimed BEBA, which had its world premiere at TIFF and was acquired by NEON. Her work on Another Body premiered at SXSW, where it won the Special Jury Award for Innovation in Storytelling. Another Body was nominated for a BIFA and an Emmy Award. Most recently, she cut the Story Syndicate sports documentary Rapinoe. The film was selected as the opening night documentary at TIFF in 2026, and has been acquired by HBO.

Isabel began her career in the edit room on Edet Belzberg’s Watchers of the Sky as an assistant under the mentorship of Karen K. H. Sim. The film won the Documentary Editing Award at Sundance. Isabel went on to edit the feature-length Stephanie in the Water about seven-time world champion surfer Stephanie Gilmore. and the film premiered at the 2013 Hamptons International Film Festival.

For three years, Isabel served as Head of Production for the London-based company Huck. During this time she produced over 25 short films and directed the documentary short Nights of Glory, which was selected by BFI Flare in 2018. She also co-directed two short films with Jamie Brisick: Rhymes With Shove and The Interrogation of Kim Gordon.

Isabel has often worked in the field of contemporary art, helping artists such as David Byrne, Ryan McGinley, Zach Blas and Smriti Keshari to realize projects for gallery and museum spaces.

On the side, Isabel is developing a film about the utopian group the Kindred of the Kibbo Kift and their failed quest to save the Western world.

contact: isabelfreeman@gmail.com