Isaac Julien

Directing·Feb 21, 1960·East End, London, England, UK

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Filmmaker and installation artist, Isaac Julien was born in 1960 in London, where he currently lives and works. His multi-screen film installations and photographs incorporate different artistic disciplines to create a poetic and unique visual language. His 1989 documentary-drama exploring author Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance titled Looking for Langston garnered Julien a cult following while his 1991 debut feature Young Soul Rebels won the Semaine de la Critique prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

Film	Credit
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)2025 · Director	Director
Scala!!!2024 · Self	Self
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)2022 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros2021 · Director	Director
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing2019 · Director	Director
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art2019 · Actor	Actor
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement2019 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Lessons of the Hour2019 · Director	Director
Queer as Art2017 · Self	Self
Playtime2013 · Director	Director
Ten Thousand Waves2010 · Director	Director
Derek2008 · Director	Director
Western Union: Small Boats2007 · Director	Director
Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill2005 · Director	Director
FFantôme Creole2005 · Director	Director
Fantôme Afrique2005 · Director	Director
EEncore II (Radioactive)2004 · Director	Director
True North2004 · Director	Director
Lost Boundaries2003 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Baltimore2003 · Director	Director
BaadAsssss Cinema2002 · Director	Director
Paradise Omeros2002 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Three2000 · Director	Director
Vagabondia2000 · Director	Director
LLong Road to Mazatlán1999 · Director	Director
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask1996 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Black Nations/Queer Nations?1995 · Self - Panelist	Self - Panelist
The Darker Side of Black1994 · Director	Director
The Attendant1993 · Director	Director
Black and White in Colour1992 · Self, Director	Self, Director
Daddy and the Muscle Academy1991 · Himself	Himself
Young Soul Rebels1991 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Looking for Langston1989 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement1988 · Actor, Director, Producer	Actor, Director, Producer
Reframing AIDS1987 · Himself	Himself
The Passion of Remembrance1986 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Territories1984 · Director	Director
Gay Black Group1983 · Self	Self
Who Killed Colin Roach?1983 · Director	Director

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