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Isaac Julien
Born
21 February 1960
Place
East End, London, England, UK
Directing

Isaac Julien

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.

As director

Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

2025 · Director
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

2022 · Director
Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros

Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros

2021 · Director
Lessons of the Hour

Lessons of the Hour

2019 · Director
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

2019 · Director
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement

Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement

2019 · Director
Playtime

Playtime

2013 · Director
Ten Thousand Waves

Ten Thousand Waves

2010 · Director
Derek

Derek

2008 · Director
Western Union: Small Boats

Western Union: Small Boats

2007 · Director

Fantôme Creole

2005 · Director
Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill

Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill

2005 · Director
Fantôme Afrique

Fantôme Afrique

2005 · Director

Encore II (Radioactive)

2004 · Director
True North

True North

2004 · Director
Lost Boundaries

Lost Boundaries

2003 · Director
Baltimore

Baltimore

2003 · Director
BaadAsssss Cinema

BaadAsssss Cinema

2002 · Director
Paradise Omeros

Paradise Omeros

2002 · Director
Vagabondia

Vagabondia

2000 · Director
Three

Three

2000 · Director

Long Road to Mazatlán

1999 · Director
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

1996 · Director
The Darker Side of Black

The Darker Side of Black

1994 · Director
The Attendant

The Attendant

1993 · Director
Black and White in Colour

Black and White in Colour

1992 · Director
Young Soul Rebels

Young Soul Rebels

1991 · Director
Looking for Langston

Looking for Langston

1989 · Director
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement

This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement

1988 · Director
The Passion of Remembrance

The Passion of Remembrance

1986 · Director

As actor

Scala!!!

Scala!!!

2024 · Self
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art

Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art

2019
Queer as Art

Queer as Art

2017 · Self
Lost Boundaries

Lost Boundaries

2003
Black Nations/Queer Nations?

Black Nations/Queer Nations?

1995 · Self - Panelist
Black and White in Colour

Black and White in Colour

1992 · Self
Daddy and the Muscle Academy

Daddy and the Muscle Academy

1991 · Himself
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement

This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement

1988
Reframing AIDS

Reframing AIDS

1987 · Himself
Gay Black Group

Gay Black Group

1983 · Self