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Isaac Julien

Isaac Julien

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

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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.

Directed

  1. Young Soul Rebels (1991) — Director
  2. Looking for Langston (1989) — Director
  3. BaadAsssss Cinema (2002) — Director
  4. Derek (2008) — Director
  5. Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask (1996) — Director
  6. The Attendant (1993) — Director
  7. 30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019) — Director
  8. This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement (1988) — Director
  9. The Darker Side of Black (1994) — Director
  10. Once Again... (Statues Never Die) (2022) — Director
  11. Ten Thousand Waves (2010) — Director
  12. Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement (2019) — Director
  13. Lost Boundaries (2003) — Director
  14. Vagabondia (2000) — Director
  15. Long Road to Mazatlán (1999) — Director
  16. Paradise Omeros (2002) — Director
  17. Territories (1984) — Director
  18. Fantôme Afrique (2005) — Director
  19. Western Union: Small Boats (2007) — Director
  20. Playtime (2013) — Director
  21. Black and White in Colour (1992) — Director
  22. Lessons of the Hour (2019) — Director
  23. True North (2004) — Director
  24. Baltimore (2003) — Director
  25. Three (2000) — Director
  26. Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros (2021) — Director
  27. Fantôme Creole (2005) — Director
  28. The Passion of Remembrance (1986) — Director
  29. Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill (2005) — Director
  30. Encore II (Radioactive) (2004) — Director
  31. Who Killed Colin Roach? (1983) — Director
  32. Once Again... (Statues Never Die) (2025) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Daddy and the Muscle Academy (1991) — Himself
  2. Scala!!! (2024) — Self
  3. Queer as Art (2017) — Self
  4. This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement (1988)
  5. Black and White in Colour (1992) — Self
  6. Lost Boundaries (2003)
  7. Reframing AIDS (1987) — Himself
  8. Gay Black Group (1983) — Self
  9. Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art (2019)
  10. Black Nations/Queer Nations? (1995) — Self - Panelist