WHO IS ISAIAH MICHALSKI?
Isaiah Michalski is a writer and director based in London. He was 21 years old and still an undergraduate when he wrote his first screenplay for Netflix and became the young screenwriter ever to write a charting Netflix feature film.
***NEWS*** During the Berlinale 2026, Variety exclusively reported that Isaiah Michalski is now mid-shoot on his directorial debut “Triptych”. Produced by Malick Bauer and Isaiah Michalski, it is executive produced by Emmy nominated showrunner Anna Winger (Unorthodox). It stars Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones), Malick Bauer (Disney’s SAM) and others. Read the full article here.
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Isaiah has written or co-written some of Germany’s highest profile television productions.
These include the upcoming Netflix drama-comedy series K.A.H., the charting Netflix crime film BUBA, a spin-off of the How To Sell Drugs Online (Fast) series, the Amazon drama LOVE ADDICTS and the award winning Netflix crime comedy KING OF STONKS, Winner of Best Comedy at the German Emmys.
He writes alongside his mother and collaborator, Gemma Michalski. The duo is routinely commissioned to develop original film and television properties for the industry's premier platforms, including Apple, HBO, Amazon, and Netflix.
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Prior to his work in television, Isaiah trained in theatre direction. His theatrical directing work has been showcased at the American Repertory Theatre, the English Theatre Berlin, the Arts First Festival. His plays have been performed internationally in London, Boston, Istanbul, and Berlin. Before that, Isaiah trained at the Berlin Schaubühne’s prestigious “Director’s Apprenticeship” program.
As a film and television actor, he has worked with directors Roland Emmerich, Philipp Stölzl and Paul WS Anderson and others.
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He completed his undergraduate degree in English Literature at Harvard on a full-ride financial aid scholarship.