Executive Creative Director
Earth Observatory of Singapore

Isaac Kerlow is Executive Creative Director and Principal Investigator at the Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS), a Research Center of Excellence at Nanyang Technological University. He has lived in Southeast Asia for over a decade where he develops and produces, along with his team, award-winning projects inspired by natural hazards, traditional legends, sustainability and the human condition.

Some of his recent films include HAZE, it's complicated… (2018), People of the Forest (2017), Ichiro and the Wave (2016), CHANGE (2016), The Ratu River Expedition (2015), and SHADOWS (2014). His team also produces the Earth Girl series of interactive casual strategy games for people to experience and better understand natural hazards. Earth Girl Volcano, for example, is a strategy casual game to help communities at risk prepare for volcanic hazards. The interactive game can be downloaded for free from the App Store and Google Play, and is available in multiple languages.

A native of Mexico City, Isaac worked for a decade at The Walt Disney Company in Los Angeles, California, where he led the integration of digital technology into the live action and animation production process. He was honored by SIGGRAPH, the prestigious Computer Graphics international association, as one of the Digital Pioneers. Isaac is also the founding Dean of the School of Art, Design and Media at the Nanyang Technological University, and the founding Chairperson of the legendary Department of Computer Graphics and Interactive Media at Pratt Institute in New York City. He has a long career as a pioneer digital artist and independent filmmaker, and his award-winning work has been shown extensively at international venues.