Gulet Isse is a Somali American filmmaker and actress based in Brooklyn, NY.

Her upcoming faith-based drama — KHUTBAH — is currently in post, and will serve as a proof-of-concept for her debut feature. Isse’s work as a writer/director has garnered them development support from esteemed organizations such as:

  • The Sundance Institute (2026 Screenwriting Fellow & 2024 Trans Possibilities Intesive Fellow)

  • Transgender Film Center (2025 Career Development Lab Fellow & 2024 Trailblazer Grant Recipient)

  • Film Fatales (2025 Fatales Forward Fellow)

  • The Center for Cultural Power (2023 Disruptors Fellow)

  • Lambda Literary (2022 Screenwriting Fellow)

Her credits include CANDIS CAYNE’S SECRET GARDEN (Hulu, 2023) and LITTLE AMERICA (Apple TV, 2022).

In conjunction with her work in film, Isse founded BXD Collective—a medium-agnostic community platform through which they curate annual summer exhibitions—and has raised over $25,000 to develop the work of 50+ underrepresented artists.

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