Hello! I’m Isabella, a film and TV producer and I’m interested in work that sits at the intersection of comedy, climate and culture, using humour and humanity to explore big ideas in accessible ways.

I also work as an editor, with a solid body of work in documentary and factual entertainment.

I love developing ideas, shaping stories, and thinking about how film and television can make an impact on the way we think about the world and how we interact with each other.

Please feel free to explore my work, and if you’re interested in collaborating - from editing to producing to story development - I’m currently available for new projects.

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Background

I started my training in practical filmmaking at Met Film school in 2011, and later did a Masters in Documentary Film at University of the Arts London, and alongside editing I’ve always been drawn to producing and developing new stories.

A couple of formative experiences really helped clarify how I think about storytelling. In 2016 I participated in a month-long masterclass with Iranian filmmaker and Palme d’Or nominee, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, which helped shape my interest in how to create films for social transformation. And then in 2021 I was selected as a Puttnam Scholar, taking part in masterclasses and mentoring with Lord David Puttnam, which enhanced my understanding of the creative process, and the cultural context within which the screen industries operate.

Over the last few years, this has led me to think more seriously about how stories can engage with some of the big questions of our time without becoming heavy-handed or joyless.

In 2021 I co-founded Tiny Speck Productions with my family (we’re all creatives). The idea is to add a tiny speck - a small, human perspective - to the wider conversations happening around us, such as climate change, migration and identity. Our projects are hopeful in tone, often also comedies, and they aim to gently shift how people see the world.

Then in 2025, a quiet but persistent voice told me I needed to do more for the environment. I don’t spend a lot of time outdoors, I don’t know enough about plants and trees, and I’m still figuring out my relationship with nature, but I’m really interested in how storytelling can change the way we think about climate change and biodiversity loss, especially in terms of everyday human life. That’s what led me to found Onederful, an online platform spotlighting art and storytelling that approach climate differently, alongside ordinary people adapting, experimenting, and reshaping how they live and work in changing times.

How I work

I work across three main areas:

  • I’ve been working as an editor for around ten years, mainly across TV documentaries and factual entertainment. I’ve cut programmes for BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV, Paramount+ and others. You can find my credits here.

  • Tiny Speck Productions is our family-run production company and we work across comedy, drama, and documentary. The company focuses on projects that offer fresh perspectives on subjects such as climate change, community, identity and social change - often using humour to make complex ideas more accessible. You can learn more about our work here.

  • @onederful.earth is a new venture - it’s an online platform exploring climate change through art, culture, and everyday human experience. Rather than focusing on doom or high-level policy work, it highlights creative work, ideas, and ordinary people who are responding to environmental change in thoughtful, imaginative ways - from artists and filmmakers to communities adapting how they live and work. Onederful is interested in how stories shape the way we feel about the planet, using curiosity, creativity and hope to make conversations about climate more accessible, human, and meaningful.

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Reach out about a project, collaboration or just to say hello!

isabelladjalili@gmail.com

Or for Tiny Speck Productions enquiries, you can email

isabella@tinyspeckproductions.com