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.
Filmography 39
Movies (39)
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)2025Directing
Scala!!!2024Self
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)2022Directing
Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros2021Directing
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing2019Directing
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art2019
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement2019Directing
Lessons of the Hour2019Directing
Queer as Art2017Self
Playtime2013Directing
Ten Thousand Waves2010Directing
Derek2008Directing
Western Union: Small Boats2007Directing
Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill2005Directing- Fantôme Creole2005Directing
Fantôme Afrique2005Directing- Encore II (Radioactive)2004Directing
True North2004Directing
Lost Boundaries2003
Baltimore2003Directing
BaadAsssss Cinema2002Directing
Paradise Omeros2002Directing
Three2000Directing
Vagabondia2000Directing- Long Road to Mazatlán1999Directing
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask1996Directing
Black Nations/Queer Nations?1995Self - Panelist
The Darker Side of Black1994Directing
The Attendant1993Directing
Black and White in Colour1992Self