Isaac Julien

Isaac Julien

DirectorActorWriterProducerDirecting Feb 21 (age 66) East End, London, England, UK 1983–2025 (42 year career)

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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 …

Known For

BaadAsssss Cinema

BaadAsssss Cinema

Director

Scala!!!

Scala!!!

Self

Young Soul Rebels

Young Soul Rebels

Director

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

Director

Daddy and the Muscle Academy

Daddy and the Muscle Academy

Himself

Looking for Langston

Looking for Langston

Director

Derek

Derek

Director

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

Director

Filmography

Acting (10)

Movies (10)

Scala!!!

Scala!!!

as Self

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

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

Queer as Art

Queer as Art

as Self

Lost Boundaries

Lost Boundaries

Black Nations/Queer Nations?

Black Nations/Queer Nations?

as Self - Panelist

Black and White in Colour

Black and White in Colour

as Self

Daddy and the Muscle Academy

Daddy and the Muscle Academy

as Himself

This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement

This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement

Reframing AIDS

Reframing AIDS

as Himself

Gay Black Group

Gay Black Group

as Self

Crew (43)

Movies (43)

Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

Director

Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

Director

Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

Writer

Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros

Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros

Director

Lessons of the Hour

Lessons of the Hour

Director

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

Director

Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement

Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement

Director

Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement

Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement

Screenplay

Playtime

Playtime

Director

Ten Thousand Waves

Ten Thousand Waves

Director

Derek

Derek

Director

Derek

Derek

Executive Producer

Western Union: Small Boats

Western Union: Small Boats

Director

Fantôme Creole

Director

Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill

Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill

Director

Fantôme Afrique

Fantôme Afrique

Director

Encore II (Radioactive)

Director

True North

True North

Director

Lost Boundaries

Lost Boundaries

Director

Baltimore

Baltimore

Director

BaadAsssss Cinema

BaadAsssss Cinema

Director

Paradise Omeros

Paradise Omeros

Director

Paradise Omeros

Paradise Omeros

Writer

Three

Three

Director

Vagabondia

Vagabondia

Director

Long Road to Mazatlán

Director

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

Director

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

Screenplay

The Darker Side of Black

The Darker Side of Black

Director

The Attendant

The Attendant

Director

Significant (Br)other

Novel

Black and White in Colour

Black and White in Colour

Director

Young Soul Rebels

Young Soul Rebels

Director

Young Soul Rebels

Young Soul Rebels

Writer

Looking for Langston

Looking for Langston

Director

Looking for Langston

Looking for Langston

Screenplay

Dreaming Rivers

Dreaming Rivers

Assistant Director

This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement

This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement

Director

This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement

This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement

Producer

The Passion of Remembrance

The Passion of Remembrance

Director

The Passion of Remembrance

The Passion of Remembrance

Writer

Territories

Territories

Director

Who Killed Colin Roach?

Who Killed Colin Roach?

Director