ISSABELLA ORLANDO IS AN ITALIAN-CANADIAN CREATIVE PRODUCER, FILMMAKER, WRITER, ARTIST, & CONSULTANT BASED IN LONDON. Obsessed with our roots, Issabella brings a background in cultural storytelling, heritage, and the arts to her work across industries.
IN HER CONSULTING PRACTICE, Issabella helps brands to develop relevance, authenticity and cultural positioning through storytelling, content, and partnerships strategy informed by creative ecosystems and culture. Offering strategic and creative vision, her work earns meaningful audience engagement, cultural relevance, brand awareness and strategic positioning for the brands she works with - across wellness, fashion, food, luxury, travel, arts & culture, and editorial.
THROUGH HER CREATIVE STUDIO, AETIA, Issabella leads the direction and production of films and multimedia content that connect audiences with creative people, artistic & artisanal processes, living heritage, and cultural communities. Her bespoke documentary-style profiles help brands to develop awareness, grow audiences, and differentiate within the market through creative and cultural storytelling.
IN HER ARTISTIC PRACTICE, Issabella writes personal essays and makes experimental films blending poetry and moving image. Through a personal lens, her artistic work enquires into how the past shapes and remains tethered to our present lives through mythology, memory, landscape, grief and the supernatural.
Issabella is available to work independently, through her studio, and in collaboration with agencies on worldwide commissions, projects, and other inquiries. Get in touch here.
EDUCATION
MSc Archaeology, University of Oxford
BA Classical Studies, King’s College London
CLIENTS
Monocle, Google Arts & Culture, Puig, ZAZI, Dulwich Picture Gallery, South London Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, Sir John Soane’s Museum, World Monuments Fund, Visit Jericho, Education First, University of Leiden +++