Isaac Julien

Directing

Isaac Julien

Born 21 February 1960 · East End, London, England, UK · 66

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.

Known for

Highlights

BaadAsssss Cinema2002 · Film · Director
Young Soul Rebels1991 · Film · Director
Looking for Langston1989 · Film · Director
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask1996 · Film · Director
Derek2008 · Film · Director
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing2019 · Film · Director

Filmography

Movies

30 films

Once Again... (Statues Never Die)2025 · Film · Director
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)2022 · Film · Director
Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros2021 · Film · Director
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing2019 · Film · Director
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art2019 · Film
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement2019 · Film · Director
Lessons of the Hour2019 · Film · Director
Playtime2013 · Film · Director
Ten Thousand Waves2010 · Film · Director
Derek2008 · Film · Director
Western Union: Small Boats2007 · Film · Director
Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill2005 · Film · Director
Fantôme Afrique2005 · Film · Director
True North2004 · Film · Director
Lost Boundaries2003 · Film
Baltimore2003 · Film · Director
BaadAsssss Cinema2002 · Film · Director
Paradise Omeros2002 · Film · Director
Three2000 · Film · Director
Vagabondia2000 · Film · Director
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask1996 · Film · Director
The Darker Side of Black1994 · Film · Director
The Attendant1993 · Film · Director
Black and White in Colour1992 · Film · Director
Young Soul Rebels1991 · Film · Director
Looking for Langston1989 · Film · Director
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement1988 · Film
The Passion of Remembrance1986 · Film · Director
Territories1984 · Film · Director
Who Killed Colin Roach?1983 · Film · Director