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