Isaac Julien
Directing

Isaac Julien

Born 1960-02-21 · East End, London, England, UK

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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Known for

The Passion of RemembranceViewing moment
The Passion of Remembrance
1986
BaadAsssss Cinema★ 5.9Viewing moment
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
PlaytimeViewing moment
Playtime
2013
Looking for Langston★ 5Viewing moment
Looking for Langston
1989
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing★ 5Viewing moment
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019
Daddy and the Muscle Academy★ 5.5Viewing moment
Daddy and the Muscle Academy
1991
Young Soul Rebels★ 4.7Viewing moment
Young Soul Rebels
1991
The Attendant★ 5.2Viewing moment
The Attendant
1993
Black Nations/Queer Nations?Viewing moment
Black Nations/Queer Nations?
1995
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask★ 6.4Viewing moment
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
1996
Encore No.1 Paradise OmerosViewing moment
Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros
2021
Paradise OmerosViewing moment
Paradise Omeros
2002
Gay Black GroupViewing moment
Gay Black Group
1983
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)Viewing moment
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
2022
Dreaming RiversViewing moment
Dreaming Rivers
1988
Lost Boundaries★ 6Viewing moment
Lost Boundaries
2003
TerritoriesViewing moment
Territories
1984
Fantôme AfriqueViewing moment
Fantôme Afrique
2005
Ten Thousand Waves★ 8Viewing moment
Ten Thousand Waves
2010
Western Union: Small BoatsViewing moment
Western Union: Small Boats
2007
Derek★ 5.7Viewing moment
Derek
2008
Black and White in ColourViewing moment
Black and White in Colour
1992
The Darker Side of BlackViewing moment
The Darker Side of Black
1994
This Is Not an AIDS AdvertisementViewing moment
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
1987
Lessons of the HourViewing moment
Lessons of the Hour
2019
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video ArtViewing moment
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
2019
BaltimoreViewing moment
Baltimore
2003
Queer as Art★ 10Viewing moment
Queer as Art
2017
ThreeViewing moment
Three
2000

Frequent collaborators