Isabelle Coulon is an author, documentary filmmaker and photographer. A graduate of the Florent school, where she trained for three years in acting, writing, directing and dubbing, she then furthered her studies in photography at the Gobelins school.

She has since pursued a long-term photographic project while also working on documentary projects. From Rajasthan to Zanskar in India, from the Philippines to China, from Indonesia to Madagascar and Africa, she travels the world. A member of the French Explorers Society since 2018, she tells powerful stories, driven by courageous and unique individuals. Sensitive to the connections between people, nature, and animals, she bears witness to the upheavals experienced by isolated populations and the urgent need to protect biodiversity, ecosystems, and cultural identities.

She has collaborated on some fifteen films for major French and international television networks. In 2017, she co-directed her first 52-minute documentary for France Télévisions, * Une Route pour Phirilongwe* (A Road to Phirilongwe ), filmed in Malawi. A photojournalist, she also produces photo essays for the press. Her series * Sur la Route * (Carthage Film Festival) and *Les Femmes de Phirilongwe* (Great Stories, Auxerre) have been exhibited.

In 2024, the Tia Tany association, which Isabelle co-founded, received the IRIS-SEF Exploration and Biodiversity grant for its project exploring the tsingy of Namoroka, Madagascar, during the rainy season. A partner of the association, the Iris Foundation supported this project, which culminated in a mission in 2025. Isabelle undertook in-depth photographic work there, a unique project documenting this exceptional site. In September 2026, she co-directed the 95-minute documentary film , When the Rain Returns to Namoroka.