Ismaël has worked as cameraman, sound recorder, editor, screenwriter, producer and director on around twenty art videos, video installations and films. He is the director of Babylon, winner in 2012 of the Grand Prix at the FID Marseille (France) and the producer of The last of us, winner in 2016 of the Lion of the Futur at the Venice Film Festival (Italy).

He is also visual artist and writer. His various works were screened and exhibited at the MoMA (New York), the Institute of Contemporary Arts (London), La Friche Belle de Mai (Marseilles), Talmart Gallery (Paris), and the National Cinematheque (Mexico).