Isaac Julien
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 21, 1960
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Once Again... (Statues Never Die) 2025
Director
Scala!!! 2024
as Self
Once Again... (Statues Never Die) 2022
Director, Writer
Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros 2021
Director
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing 2019
Director
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art 2019
Actor
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement 2019
Director, Screenplay
Lessons of the Hour 2019
Director
Queer as Art 2017
as Self
Playtime 2013
Director
Ten Thousand Waves 2010
Director
Derek 2008
Director, Executive Producer
Western Union: Small Boats 2007
Director
Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill 2005
Director
Fantôme Afrique 2005
Director
- Fantôme Creole
Fantôme Creole 2005
Director
True North 2004
Director
- Encore II (Radioactive)
Encore II (Radioactive) 2004
Director
Baltimore 2003
Director
Lost Boundaries 2003
Actor, Director
BaadAsssss Cinema 2002
Director
Paradise Omeros 2002
Director, Writer
Three 2000
Director
Vagabondia 2000
Director
- Long Road to Mazatlán
Long Road to Mazatlán 1999
Director
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask 1996
Director, Screenplay
Black Nations/Queer Nations? 1995
as Self - Panelist
The Darker Side of Black 1994
Director
The Attendant 1993
Director
- Significant (Br)other
Significant (Br)other 1993
Novel
Black and White in Colour 1992
as Self, Director
Daddy and the Muscle Academy 1991
as Himself
Young Soul Rebels 1991
Director, Writer
Looking for Langston 1989
Director, Screenplay
Dreaming Rivers 1989
Assistant Director
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement 1988
Actor, Director, Producer
Reframing AIDS 1987
as Himself
The Passion of Remembrance 1986
Director, Writer
Territories 1984
Director
Who Killed Colin Roach? 1983
Director
Gay Black Group 1983
as Self
Credits from TMDB.