Isaac Julien
34 movies
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Feb 21, 1960 (age 66)
- Place of birth
- East End, London, England, UK
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.
Known for
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★ 5.4 Young Soul Rebels
1991 · Film
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★ 6.0 BaadAsssss Cinema
2002 · Film
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★ 5.1 Looking for Langston
1989 · Film
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★ 5.5 Derek
2008 · Film
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★ 7.2 Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
1996 · Film
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★ 4.4 The Attendant
1993 · Film
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★ 5.3 30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019 · Film
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★ 2.8 The Darker Side of Black
1994 · Film
Isaac Julien: movies and TV shows
Acting (3)
- 2019
- 2003
- 1988
Behind the camera (34)
- 2025 Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
Director
- 2022 Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
Director, Writer
- 2021 Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros
Director
- 2019
- 2019 Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement
Director, Screenplay
- 2019 Lessons of the Hour
Director
- 2013 Playtime
Director
- 2010 Ten Thousand Waves
Director
- 2008 Derek
Director, Executive Producer
- 2007 Western Union: Small Boats
Director
- 2005 Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill
Director
- 2005 Fantôme Creole
Director
- 2005 Fantôme Afrique
Director
- 2004 Encore II (Radioactive)
Director
- 2004 True North
Director
- 2003 Lost Boundaries
Director
- 2003 Baltimore
Director
- 2002 BaadAsssss Cinema
Director
- 2002 Paradise Omeros
Director, Writer
- 2000 Three
Director
- 2000 Vagabondia
Director
- 1999 Long Road to Mazatlán
Director
- 1996 Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
Director, Screenplay
- 1994 The Darker Side of Black
Director
- 1993 The Attendant
Director
- 1993 Significant (Br)other
Novel
- 1992 Black and White in Colour
Director
- 1991 Young Soul Rebels
Director, Writer
- 1989 Looking for Langston
Director, Screenplay
- 1989 Dreaming Rivers
Assistant Director
- 1988 This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
Director, Producer
- 1986 The Passion of Remembrance
Director, Writer
- 1984 Territories
Director
- 1983 Who Killed Colin Roach?
Director
Talk shows and appearances (6)
- 2024
- 2017
- 1995
- 1991
- 1987
- 1983