Isazaly Isa

Biography

Isazaly spearheads Kino-i's involvement into new media. He believes that digital technology will be the next revolution in filmmaking for this new millennium. Isazaly's in-depth research on Digital Filmmaking since 1998 as Head of the Research & Development Department at Kino-i has been a key advantage in the company's foothold in the demanding world of digital technology. Isazaly is also one of the co-founders of Kino-i Pictures Sdn Bhd.

Isazaly — or Zalee as he is best known — has been involved in film and television production in both Malaysia and Singapore. His journey into filmmaking is natural as Zalee, a child actor since the age of 10, practically grew up on production sets in Singapore. After completing his studies in Product and Graphic Design at La Salle College of Arts, he came to Malaysia to pursue filmmaking at Akademi Filem Malaysia. During this time, he was selected to represent the academy at the 7th Independent Du Film Festival held in Brussels in 1997.

He graduated from the academy with flying colours in 1999. His graduation film project "Between Jasmine and His Deep Blue Sea" was awarded Best Film Project by the KODAK Worldwide Student Program of Malaysia, and was shortlisted for various categories in the 6th AFM's Film & Video Festival. He also won Best Editing at the 5th Akademi Filem Malaysia Film Festival. He was among the Technical Consultants in setting up FINASPost Non-Linear Editing System in 1996.

Zalee is a Blackmagic Master Trainer for DaVinci Resolve in Malaysia and has conducted professional training in Post-Production for clients in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Indonesia.