Isaac Julien
Directing
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.
As actor 10
On the crew 34
Fantôme Afrique
2005
Lost Boundaries
2003
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
Playtime
2013
Territories
1984
Derek
2008
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019
Three
2000
Young Soul Rebels
1991
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement
2019
Vagabondia
2000
Ten Thousand Waves
2010
True North
2004
Baltimore
2003
Fantôme Creole
2005
The Passion of Remembrance
1986
Black and White in Colour
1992
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
1996
Looking for Langston
1989
Dreaming Rivers
1989
Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill
2005
Lessons of the Hour
2019
Paradise Omeros
2002
Significant (Br)other
1993
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
2025
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
2022
Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros
2021
Encore II (Radioactive)
2004
The Darker Side of Black
1994
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
1988
The Attendant
1993
Long Road to Mazatlán
1999
Western Union: Small Boats
2007
Who Killed Colin Roach?
1983