Isaak was born in San Francisco and lived in Italy until 2009, when he moved to New York to attend photography at classes at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Interested from a young age in visual journalism, his work has touched on topics in breaking news, history, education and the environment. As a photographer, he has worked with WNYC Radio, Centro Primo Levi, Peace Child India and Transition Magazine. As a producer, he covered the 2016 presidential campaign for Italian national broadcaster Rai and worked for IMG Original Content on the upcoming Netflix Originals series “First Team: Juventus FC.” With Awen Films, which he co-founded in 2012, he has worked extensively as producer and cinematographer on commissioned projects for clients such as MSNBC, Centro Primo Levi and Zillow. He collaborated closely with director Valerio Ciriaci on independent documentary features including “If Only I Were That Warrior” (2016 Italian Golden Globe for best documentary) and “Mister Wonderland” (currently in production), and short films including “Treasure – The Story of Marcus Hook” and “Iom Romì.”