Isabelle Stead
Isabelle Stead (born 8 October in Leeds, United Kingdom) is a British film director, producer and philanthropist. In 2008, Stead became a Sundance fellow and alumni. In 2010 Stead was selected by the British Council as the UK Producer on the Move for Cannes International Film Festival. Stead produced ' Son of Babylon' the film screened at Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals and received the Amnesty and Peace Prize, followed by a British Independent Film Award. The film was selected as Iraq's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards. In 2011 Stead produced the documentary 'In My Mother's Arms' that premièred at the Toronto International Film Festival - the film went on to win the Asia Pacific Academy Award for Best Documentary. In 2012 Stead became an Academy Member of The Asia Pacific Motion Picture Academy of the Arts.http://www.asiapacificscreenacademy.com/2012/11/winners-of-the-sixth-annual-asia-pacific-screen-awards-announced/ Humanitari ...
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Leeds
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by population) in England, after London and Birmingham. The city was a small manorial borough in the 13th century and a market town in the 16th century. It expanded by becoming a major production centre, including of carbonated water where it was invented in the 1760s, and trading centre (mainly with wool) for the 17th and 18th centuries. It was a major mill town during the Industrial Revolution. It was also known for its flax industry, iron foundries, engineering and printing, as well as shopping, with several surviving Victorian era arcades, such as Kirkgate Market. City status was awarded in 1893, a populous urban centre formed in the following century which absorbed surrounding villages and overtook the nearby York population. It is locate ...
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