Izzy Willsey

Acting

Izzy Willsey

Izzy Willsey is a cinematographer, director, actor, and photographer from Arkansas. She is currently pursuing a BA in Film, while minoring in Theatre. She had no experience before attending college, but has since worked on numerous student films and theatre productions. Their work is inspired by emotionally driven narratives and bold visual aesthetics. Her work often explores themes of identity, nostalgia, and human connection. Izzy believes the strongest films are built through collaboration and is devoted to continually developing her craft as a filmmaker. Since beginning her filmmaking journey, Izzy has worked on a variety of productions in both film and theatre. Her most notable projects include Canvas (2025) and, most recently, Butterfly (2026), both of which were selected as Official Selections for the 2026 International Sound & Film Music Festival. Izzy served as the writer, director, cinematographer, and editor on each project. Her other notable projects include Projection (First Assistant Camera, 2026), Another Body (Costume Supervisor, 2025), Gloom (Acting, 2025), and UCA Theatre’s Hamlet (Assistant Stage Manager, 2025). Working across multiple roles and departments has strengthened her leadership, communication, adaptability, and collaborative problem-solving, reinforcing her passion for collaborative storytelling and visual filmmaking.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Bait poster
NR

A mystical fish transports a young woman into a surreal journey of shifting realities. She must navigate a beaten world while being pursued by an unsettling version of herself, desperate to escape. With lines blurring between her own identity and memory, she discovers the stranger might be a reflection of something she has been trying to avoid. For better or for worse, the young woman faces a choice.

Bait

2025

Bait poster
NR

A mystical fish transports a young woman into a surreal journey of shifting realities. She must navigate a beaten world while being pursued by an unsettling version of herself, desperate to escape. With lines blurring between her own identity and memory, she discovers the stranger might be a reflection of something she has been trying to avoid. For better or for worse, the young woman faces a choice.

Bait

2025

A Table for Two poster
NR

Two high school friends meet up in a familiar coffee shop. Before moving on to different life paths, they reflect on time spent together with an unspoken goodbye hanging heavy between each word. They confront the bittersweet reality that friendships slowly become a part of the places they leave in their pasts.

A Table for Two

2025

A Table for Two poster
NR

Two high school friends meet up in a familiar coffee shop. Before moving on to different life paths, they reflect on time spent together with an unspoken goodbye hanging heavy between each word. They confront the bittersweet reality that friendships slowly become a part of the places they leave in their pasts.

A Table for Two

2025

Somewhere Small poster
NR

On her fifteenth birthday, a young girl contemplates the subtle nature of growing up. Memories from the past and present drift through her mind, making her reflect on past versions of herself that she left behind. She realizes maturity is not a sudden transformation, but the gradual influence of aging and new experiences shaping her.

Somewhere Small

2025

Somewhere Small poster
NR

On her fifteenth birthday, a young girl contemplates the subtle nature of growing up. Memories from the past and present drift through her mind, making her reflect on past versions of herself that she left behind. She realizes maturity is not a sudden transformation, but the gradual influence of aging and new experiences shaping her.

Somewhere Small

2025

Canvas poster
NR

A young artist, struggling with creative paralysis, is forced to begin a new project. She fights against perfectionism and self-doubt, balancing external expectations and internal pressure. Her frustration explodes into carelessness and color, discovering that creativity is not found in control, but in spontaneity and surrender.

Canvas

Canvas poster
NR

A young artist, struggling with creative paralysis, is forced to begin a new project. She fights against perfectionism and self-doubt, balancing external expectations and internal pressure. Her frustration explodes into carelessness and color, discovering that creativity is not found in control, but in spontaneity and surrender.

Canvas

Butterfly poster
NR

A nervous young poet takes the stage to perform, but as he speaks, his words are shown through a symbolic inner world where self-confinement takes physical form. He is asked to confront the cocoon he has built around himself, and fights to reach the world waiting for him beyond the silk. The poet must emerge from silence and self-doubt, completing metamorphosis, even with no one left as witness.

Butterfly

2026

Butterfly poster
NR

A nervous young poet takes the stage to perform, but as he speaks, his words are shown through a symbolic inner world where self-confinement takes physical form. He is asked to confront the cocoon he has built around himself, and fights to reach the world waiting for him beyond the silk. The poet must emerge from silence and self-doubt, completing metamorphosis, even with no one left as witness.

Butterfly

2026