Isabella Andronos
- Production Designer
- Costume Designer
- Director
Isabella is a writer, director and production designer based on Gadigal and Wangal land (Sydney, Australia). She is interested in subjective realist works, utilising experimental techniques, visual storytelling and metaphor in many of her creations. Isabella holds a Master of Arts: Screen in Directing from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (2022), a Bachelor of Dramatic Art from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (2014) and a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours: Class I) from Sydney College of the Arts (2011).
As writer and director, Isabella is focused toward subjective realist works. Her background in production design informs to her approach to detailed world-building for screen. Isabella's short surreal drama, Under the Water (writer/director, 2023) premiered at the 33rd Flickerfest International Short Film Festival in 2024, selected from over 3,400 entries. It also was selected for the Toronto International Women Film Festival in 2024 and was a semi-finalist in the Rhode Island Film Festival 2023. Her previous directing work includes: music video Monska for C. R. Robin (writer/director, 2020) and music video Ice Age for Cilla Jane (writer/director, 2018). Monska was awarded the Women in Film and Television (WIFT) Audience Favourite Award (2021), was nominated for Best Concept at the Clipped Music Video Awards (2020) and was a finalist in the Frankie Magazine Good Stuff Awards (2020). In 2024, Isabella and her filmmaking colleague, Beck Thompson, were selected to present their feature film project, Lyrebird as part of the Inner West Film Fest Pitching Competition.
As production designer, Isabella enjoys collaborating with creative teams to craft detailed worlds for storytelling. She has a hands-on approach, with a love of concept development, drawing, painting, building and sourcing. Isabella has recently designed: short comedy, Too Many Ethnics (2023, Dir. Vonne Patiag, short film, winner: Best Production Design, Made in the West Film Festival), surreal coming-of-age tale, All Silent Dogs (2022, Dir. Natalia Stawyskyj, short film, Nomination: Best Production Design for a Short Film, Music Video or Web Series Award, APDG 2023, now available on SBS On Demand), queer magic realist drama, The Greenhouse (2021, feature film, Netflix, Dir. Thomas Wilson-White) and day-in-the-life tale of two sisters, Furlough (2021, short film, Dir. Phoebe Tonkin). Isabella been nominated for ten Australian Production Design Guild (APDG) awards. In 2014, Isabella won the APDG Award for Emerging Design for Live Performance for her work on The Greeks. In 2018, she was selected a finalist for the Dutch National Touring Opera Challenge for set and costume designs for Jevenji Onegin, directed by Elsie Edgerton-Till.
Isabella is dedicated to gender equity, diversity and inclusivity in her practice.
As writer and director, Isabella is focused toward subjective realist works. Her background in production design informs to her approach to detailed world-building for screen. Isabella's short surreal drama, Under the Water (writer/director, 2023) premiered at the 33rd Flickerfest International Short Film Festival in 2024, selected from over 3,400 entries. It also was selected for the Toronto International Women Film Festival in 2024 and was a semi-finalist in the Rhode Island Film Festival 2023. Her previous directing work includes: music video Monska for C. R. Robin (writer/director, 2020) and music video Ice Age for Cilla Jane (writer/director, 2018). Monska was awarded the Women in Film and Television (WIFT) Audience Favourite Award (2021), was nominated for Best Concept at the Clipped Music Video Awards (2020) and was a finalist in the Frankie Magazine Good Stuff Awards (2020). In 2024, Isabella and her filmmaking colleague, Beck Thompson, were selected to present their feature film project, Lyrebird as part of the Inner West Film Fest Pitching Competition.
As production designer, Isabella enjoys collaborating with creative teams to craft detailed worlds for storytelling. She has a hands-on approach, with a love of concept development, drawing, painting, building and sourcing. Isabella has recently designed: short comedy, Too Many Ethnics (2023, Dir. Vonne Patiag, short film, winner: Best Production Design, Made in the West Film Festival), surreal coming-of-age tale, All Silent Dogs (2022, Dir. Natalia Stawyskyj, short film, Nomination: Best Production Design for a Short Film, Music Video or Web Series Award, APDG 2023, now available on SBS On Demand), queer magic realist drama, The Greenhouse (2021, feature film, Netflix, Dir. Thomas Wilson-White) and day-in-the-life tale of two sisters, Furlough (2021, short film, Dir. Phoebe Tonkin). Isabella been nominated for ten Australian Production Design Guild (APDG) awards. In 2014, Isabella won the APDG Award for Emerging Design for Live Performance for her work on The Greeks. In 2018, she was selected a finalist for the Dutch National Touring Opera Challenge for set and costume designs for Jevenji Onegin, directed by Elsie Edgerton-Till.
Isabella is dedicated to gender equity, diversity and inclusivity in her practice.