Isabella Eklöf (born 10 February 1978) is a Swedish screenwriter and film director.
Education Eklöf attended the National Film School of Denmark.
Career She served on the crew as a "runner" for the 2008 Swedish film Let the Right One In. Eklöf co-wrote the 2018 Swedish film Border with director Ali Abbasi; together they expanded on the source material, a short story by John Ajvide Lindqvist. For Border, Eklöf, Abbasi and Lindqvist were nominated for the Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay; they were also nominated for the European Film Award for Best Screenwriter. She also wrote and directed the 2018 Danish film Holiday, for which she won the New Wave Best Picture and New Wave Best Director awards at the Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas; Holiday went on to win four Bodil Awards, including Best Danish Film.
Filmography Film Year Title Director Writer Editor Notes 2009 Willkommen in Barbaristan Short film 2011 2018 Holiday Debut feature; co-written with Johanne Algren Border Co-written with Ali Abbasi and John Ajvide Lindqvist 2023 Co-written with Kim Leine and Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen
Television Year Title Director Editor Notes 2013 8 episodes (season 3) 2021 Servant 2 episodes (season 2) 2022–2024 Industry 8 episodes (seasons 2–3) rowspan="2" 2025 The Death of Bunny Munro 6 episodes (miniseries)
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2018 Fantastic Fest Award for New Wave Best Picture Holiday rowspan="2" Award for New Wave Best Director European Film Awards Best Screenwriter Border 2019 Guldbagge Awards Best Screenplay 2023 British Academy Cymru Awards Best Director: Fiction Industry
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