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Marc Isaacs

Born very near the location of his first film, Lift, in London's East End, Marc Isaacs began working on documentary films as an Assistant Producer in 1995. He then assisted Pavel Pawlikowski on Twockers and the award-winning Last Resort.

Since 2001 Marc Isaacs has made more than 10 creative documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4. His films have won Grierson, Royal Television
Society  and BAFTA awards as well as numerous international film festival prizes. In 2006 he had a retrospective at the prestigious Lussas
Documentary film festival in France and his work has been included in numerous documentary books and academic studies. The Times said of his latest film, Men of The City: "No one has ever made a film about the City that is so singular, so evocative and so human".

His first documentary film, Lift, has won numerous awards and Calais: The Last Border (2003) made for BBC2 was nominated for a Grierson Award and won first prize at two European documentary festivals. Other films include Philip and his Seven Wives and All White In Barking.

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Men of the City (2009), Director
Philip and His Seven Wives (2005), Director , Camera , Sound
Someday My Prince Will Come (2005), Director , Camera , Sound
Calais: The Last Border (2003), Director , Producer , Camera , Sound
Travellers (2002), Director
Lift (2001), Director , Camera
Lifters (2001), Director

Other Films

Little Villain (2001)
Everyday Thieves (2001)

Awards

Lift (2001)
Special Jury Prize Clermont-Ferrand 2003
Zabriskie Point Award, Romadocfest 2003
Oberhausen FIPRESCI Prize and Ministry of Urban Development Prize 2003
Stuutgart Film Festival 2nd Prize
Royal Television Society Best Newcomer Award 2002
Grierson Trust Best Newcomer Award 2002
Mayor's Prize Olomouc 2002
BAFTA nomination Best Newcomer 2002

Lifters (2001)
Nominated BAFTA Craft Award

Calais: The Last Border (2003)
Nominated for a Grierson Award
Won first prize at two European documentary festivals, including Best Documentary at The Berlin Film Festival 2003