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

Her credits include “CANDIS CAYNE’S SECRET GARDEN” (Hulu, 2023) and “LITTLE AMERICA” (Apple TV, 2022). Isse’s work as a writer/director have garnered them development support from esteemed organizations such as the Sundance Institute (2024 TPI Fellow); Transgender Film Center (2024 Trailblazer Grant Recipient); Film Fatales (2025 Fatales Forward Fellow); The Center for Cultural Power (2023 Disruptors Fellow); and Lambda Literary (2022 Screenwriting Fellow).

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.