Ms. Marden was born and raised in Hong Kong. She began her career in film in Beijing at Bona Film, a Chinese independent film studio that financed, developed, produced and distributed 15 local language films and co-productions a year. After four years in China, Isabel moved to Los Angeles to pursue a graduate degree in producing at the prestigious Peter Stark Producing program at the University of Southern California. Before co-founding Corporate Witchcraft with partner Kim Bailey, Ms. Marden worked in creative development at Sony/Columbia. During this time, Isabel was on the board of the Sony Pictures China Writers Fellowship, an initiative developed by the studio to promote cross-cultural collaborations between US and China based film professionals. IM is a participant and alumni of IFP, Tribeca, Sundance x Women In Film Co//ab, Inside Out, IFF, and Breaking Through The Lens.