Isaac Julien
- Born
- February 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.
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Filmography
- 2025Once Again... (Statues Never Die)Film · Director
- 2022Once Again... (Statues Never Die)Film · Director, Writer
- 2021Encore No.1 Paradise OmerosFilm · Director
- 201930/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand ReleasingFilm · Director
- 2019Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous EntanglementFilm · Director, Screenplay
- 2019Lessons of the HourFilm · Director
- 2013PlaytimeFilm · Director
- 2010Ten Thousand WavesFilm · Director
- 2008DerekFilm · Director, Executive Producer
- 2007Western Union: Small BoatsFilm · Director
- 2005Portrait in Blue: Essex HemphillFilm · Director
- 2005Fantôme CreoleFantôme CreoleFilm · Director
- 2005Fantôme AfriqueFilm · Director
- 2004Encore II (Radioactive)Encore II (Radioactive)Film · Director
- 2004True NorthFilm · Director
- 2003Lost BoundariesFilm · Director
- 2003BaltimoreFilm · Director
- 2002BaadAsssss CinemaFilm · Director★ 6.0
- 2002Paradise OmerosFilm · Director, Writer
- 2000ThreeFilm · Director
- 2000VagabondiaFilm · Director
- 1999Long Road to MazatlánLong Road to MazatlánFilm · Director
- 1996Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White MaskFilm · Director, Screenplay
- 1994The Darker Side of BlackFilm · Director
- 1993The AttendantFilm · Director
- 1993Significant (Br)otherSignificant (Br)otherFilm · Novel
- 1992Black and White in ColourFilm · Director
- 1991Young Soul RebelsFilm · Director, Writer★ 5.4
- 1989Looking for LangstonFilm · Director, Screenplay★ 5.1
- 1989Dreaming RiversFilm · Assistant Director
- 1988This Is Not an AIDS AdvertisementFilm · Director, Producer
- 1986The Passion of RemembranceFilm · Director, Writer
- 1984TerritoriesFilm · Director
- 1983Who Killed Colin Roach?Film · Director
