Isaac Julien
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
Feb 21, 1960 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
East End, London, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known For
| 2024 | Scala!!!Self | |
| 2019 | Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art | |
| 2017 | Queer as ArtSelf | |
| 2003 | Lost Boundaries | |
| 1995 | Black Nations/Queer Nations?Self - Panelist | |
| 1992 | Black and White in ColourSelf | |
| 1991 | Daddy and the Muscle AcademyHimself | |
| 1988 | This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement | |
| 1987 | Reframing AIDSHimself | |
| 1983 | Gay Black GroupSelf |
| 2008 | DerekExecutive Producer | |
| 1988 | This Is Not an AIDS AdvertisementProducer |
| 2025 | Once Again... (Statues Never Die)Director | |
| 2022 | Once Again... (Statues Never Die)Director | |
| 2021 | Encore No.1 Paradise OmerosDirector | |
| 2019 | Lessons of the HourDirector | |
| 2019 | 30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand ReleasingDirector | |
| 2019 | Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous EntanglementDirector | |
| 2013 | PlaytimeDirector | |
| 2010 | Ten Thousand WavesDirector | |
| 2008 | DerekDirector | |
| 2007 | Western Union: Small BoatsDirector | |
| 2005 | Fantôme CreoleDirector | |
| 2005 | Portrait in Blue: Essex HemphillDirector | |
| 2005 | Fantôme AfriqueDirector | |
| 2004 | Encore II (Radioactive)Director | |
| 2004 | True NorthDirector | |
| 2003 | Lost BoundariesDirector | |
| 2003 | BaltimoreDirector | |
| 2002 | BaadAsssss CinemaDirector | |
| 2002 | Paradise OmerosDirector | |
| 2000 | VagabondiaDirector | |
| 2000 | ThreeDirector | |
| 1999 | Long Road to MazatlánDirector | |
| 1996 | Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White MaskDirector | |
| 1994 | The Darker Side of BlackDirector | |
| 1993 | The AttendantDirector | |
| 1992 | Black and White in ColourDirector | |
| 1991 | Young Soul RebelsDirector | |
| 1989 | Looking for LangstonDirector | |
| 1989 | Dreaming RiversAssistant Director | |
| 1988 | This Is Not an AIDS AdvertisementDirector | |
| 1986 | The Passion of RemembranceDirector | |
| 1984 | TerritoriesDirector | |
| 1983 | Who Killed Colin Roach?Director |
| 2022 | Once Again... (Statues Never Die)Writer | |
| 2019 | Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous EntanglementScreenplay | |
| 2002 | Paradise OmerosWriter | |
| 1996 | Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White MaskScreenplay | |
| 1993 | Significant (Br)otherNovel | |
| 1991 | Young Soul RebelsWriter | |
| 1989 | Looking for LangstonScreenplay | |
| 1986 | The Passion of RemembranceWriter |