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Isaac Julien

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Isaac Julien

Born
(age 66)
Birthplace
East End, London, England, UK
Credits
41 titles

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.

Latest project Best work, ranked IMDb

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 10

YearTitleRole
2024 Scala!!! Film Self
2019 Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art Film
2017 Queer as Art Film Self
2003 Lost Boundaries Film
1995 Black Nations/Queer Nations? Film Self - Panelist
1992 Black and White in Colour Film Self
1991 Daddy and the Muscle Academy Film Himself
1988 This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement Film
1987 Reframing AIDS Film Himself
1983 Gay Black Group Film Self

Crew credits 34

YearTitleJob
2025 Once Again... (Statues Never Die) Film Director
2022 Once Again... (Statues Never Die) Film Director, Writer
2021 Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros Film Director
2019 30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing Film Director
2019 Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement Film Director, Screenplay
2019 Lessons of the Hour Film Director
2013 Playtime Film Director
2010 Ten Thousand Waves Film Director
2008 Derek Film Director, Executive Producer
2007 Western Union: Small Boats Film Director
2005 Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill Film Director
2005 Fantôme Creole Film Director
2005 Fantôme Afrique Film Director
2004 Encore II (Radioactive) Film Director
2004 True North Film Director
2003 Lost Boundaries Film Director
2003 Baltimore Film Director
2002 BaadAsssss Cinema Film Director
2002 Paradise Omeros Film Director, Writer
2000 Three Film Director
2000 Vagabondia Film Director
1999 Long Road to Mazatlán Film Director
1996 Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask Film Director, Screenplay
1994 The Darker Side of Black Film Director
1993 The Attendant Film Director
1993 Significant (Br)other Film Novel
1992 Black and White in Colour Film Director
1991 Young Soul Rebels Film Director, Writer
1989 Looking for Langston Film Director, Screenplay
1989 Dreaming Rivers Film Assistant Director
1988 This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement Film Director, Producer
1986 The Passion of Remembrance Film Director, Writer
1984 Territories Film Director
1983 Who Killed Colin Roach? Film Director
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