about
Born in communist Hungary and raised by a single mom, Isabella spent her childhood putting on comedy acts, and scaring friends with spooky stories. She was a competitive gymnast, a dancer, and studied acting at The Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in NYC. After moving to LA, she formed a sketch comedy group, wrote sitcom pilots for hire, and worked as a writer's assistant for an A-list producer. Isabella writes mostly genre screenplays in the R-rated space. Her specialty is putting teen protagonists through the wringer. She’s placed in numerous well-known screenplay contests, is a Black List recommended writer, and her award-winning crime thriller, “Harper Mason” has garnered interest from multiple industry professionals. Isabella is a photographer, a cinephile, a huge tennis fan, an animal lover, and a vegan. She has two teen sons, a French bulldog, and lives in Burbank.
screenplays (features)
Harper Mason
crime-thriller feature
Held captive by an alcoholic kidnapper, a pregnant 18 year-old fights tooth and nail to escape her prison before she gives birth.
WINNER - StoryPros Awards - 2022
FINALIST (3rd Pl.) - TrackingB - 2022
SEMIFINALIST - Austin Film Festival - 2023
SEMIFINALIST - Page Awards - 2022
2022 Stunt List Originals Bureau
STOWE STORY RETREAT SELECT - 2023
WINNER - StoryPros Awards - 2022
FINALIST (3rd Pl.) - TrackingB - 2022
SEMIFINALIST - Austin Film Festival - 2023
SEMIFINALIST - Page Awards - 2022
2022 Stunt List Originals Bureau
STOWE STORY RETREAT SELECT - 2023
Singular sky
sci-fi drama feature
After 16 years of concealing his true identity, a humanoid robot "comes out" as A.I. to his high school peers, and is met with both worship and mockery. But when a malicious kill code sparks a robot uprising, he shows true humanity and courage in shielding his loved ones from vengeful human vigilantes.
TOP 50 - Roadmap Writers JumpStart - 2024
SEMIFINALIST - StoryPros Awards - 2023
TOP 50 - Roadmap Writers JumpStart - 2024
SEMIFINALIST - StoryPros Awards - 2023
screenplays (features)
eva’s american dream
drama feature
A 17 year-old with dreams of Broadway stardom moves from Italy to Florida to live with her estranged father who immediately turns her world upside down, leaving her no choice but to hatch a plan to run away to New York with the man she loves.
SECOND ROUNDER - Launch Pad - 2022
QUARTERFINALIST - Page Awards - 2023
SEMIFINALIST - Titan Awards - 2021
SECOND ROUNDER - Launch Pad - 2022
QUARTERFINALIST - Page Awards - 2023
SEMIFINALIST - Titan Awards - 2021
possessed AF
horror-comedy feature
When a teen with crappy grades gets possessed, her BFFs are convinced she’s responsible for the murder spree at school, but letting go of the "demon" would also mean letting go of her math superpowers she was gifted from the beyond.
FINALIST - Horror2Comic - 2023
FINALIST - Emerging Screenwriters - 2023
TOP 50 - ISA Fast Track - 2023
SECOND ROUNDER - Austin Film Festival - 2023
FINALIST - Horror2Comic - 2023
FINALIST - Emerging Screenwriters - 2023
TOP 50 - ISA Fast Track - 2023
SECOND ROUNDER - Austin Film Festival - 2023
screenplays (features)
We made a zombie
horror-comedy feature
Three high school buddies create a zombie virus (and an antivirus), but when one of the friend's curious little brother accidentally infects himself and runs away, the race is on to find him before he unleashes a zombie apocalypse.
QUARTERFINALIST - Screencraft Comedy - 2023
SEMIFINALIST - Filmmatic horror awards - 2021
SEMIFINALIST - StoryPros Awards - 2021
QUARTERFINALIST - Screencraft Comedy - 2023
SEMIFINALIST - Filmmatic horror awards - 2021
SEMIFINALIST - StoryPros Awards - 2021
Arrivederci Papà
comedy (dark comedy) feature
Three estranged siblings travel to Sicily after their not-so-beloved father passes away, and end up reconnecting through a wrongly sent dick pic and a murder mystery.
SECOND ROUNDER - Austin Film Festival - 2023
SEMIFINALIST - Table Read My Screenplay - 2023
SECOND ROUNDER - Austin Film Festival - 2023
SEMIFINALIST - Table Read My Screenplay - 2023
screenplays (tv 1-hr pilots)
Severed Souls
historical/medical/biography pilot
A world-renowned doctor is banned from performing lobotomies after a child dies from the procedure, so he invents an outpatient alternative -- the highly controversial "icepick lobotomy."
SECOND ROUNDER - Austin Film Festival - 2021
SEMIFINALIST - Outstanding Screenplays - 2023
SEMIFINALIST - FD Big Break - 2021
SEMIFINALIST - Blue Cat contest - 2020
SECOND ROUNDER - Austin Film Festival - 2021
SEMIFINALIST - Outstanding Screenplays - 2023
SEMIFINALIST - FD Big Break - 2021
SEMIFINALIST - Blue Cat contest - 2020
the other side of time
sci-fi/suspense/mystery pilot
After slipping into a parallel universe, a loving mom goes on a quest to reunite with her daughter who has vanished from her life and is now living with a new family, while also battling a deadly glitch in the fabric of spacetime that kills anyone with memory of the girl.
QUARTERFINALIST - Page Awards - 2021
SEMIFINALIST - Emerging Screenwriters - 2022
SEMIFINALIST - Stage 32 Scifi contest - 2021
SEMIFINALIST - StoryPros Awards - 2021
QUARTERFINALIST - Page Awards - 2021
SEMIFINALIST - Emerging Screenwriters - 2022
SEMIFINALIST - Stage 32 Scifi contest - 2021
SEMIFINALIST - StoryPros Awards - 2021
accolades & contest placements (partial)
The Black List
8/10 score -- Eva’s American Dream
8/10 Score -- Severed Souls
9/10 Score -- The Other side of time
Screenwriting contest placements
(totaling over 40 placements!)
winner -- Storypros awards -- 2022
finalist (top 3) -- tracking b -- 2022
finalist -- emerging screenwriters -- 2023
finalist -- horror2comic - 2023
top 50 -- roadmap writers jumpstart - 2023
top 50 -- isa fast track - 2022
semifinalist -- austin Film festival - 2023
semifinalist -- page awards - 2022
semifinalist -- final draft - 2020