Isaac Ezban (born 15 April 1986) is a

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film director, writer and producer. He is best known for his work on the films '' The Incident'', '' The Similars'', and ''Parallel''.

Life and career

Isaac was born and raised in

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, in a Jewish family. He studied Communication with a major in film at the Universidad Iberoamericana, Drama in London at The Method Studio, and Filmmaking in New York at the

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. He wrote 4 short novels before working in the film industry. Isaac's debut feature film '' The Incident'', starring

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, Nailea Norvind, Hernan Mendoza, Humberto Busto and Fernando Alvarez Rebeil, premiered at Cannes Film Festival in the Blood Window Midnight Galas. It also won Best Original Screenplay at the GIFF, the Mexico Primero Award at

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, and other 16 awards, and was praised by

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. His second feature film The Similars, starting

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, premiered at Fantastic Fest and

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. It also won the award of Best Latin American Film in Sitges and the press award in Morbido. In 2016, Isaac was hired by Bron Studios to direct his third feature film and first English spoken film ''Parallel'', starring Aml Ameen, Martin Wallström,

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, Mark O'Brien,

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and

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. He is also slated to direct the upcoming feature film based on the

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novel, ''Summer Of Night'' by

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. Isaac is represented by

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and Good Fear Management.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ezban, Isaac 1986 births Living people Mexican film producers Film directors from Mexico City Mexican Jews