Isaac Julien
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...
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
Scala!!!2024 · Self3.9
BaadAsssss Cinema2002 · Director3.0
Young Soul Rebels1991 · Director, Writer2.7
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask1996 · Director, Screenplay3.6
Black and White in Colour1992 · Self5.0
Looking for Langston1989 · Director, Screenplay2.5
Derek2008 · Director, Executive Producer2.8
Daddy and the Muscle Academy1991 · Himself2.8Cast credits
Scala!!!2024 · Self3.9Black and White in Colour1992 · Self5.0Daddy and the Muscle Academy1991 · Himself2.8
Lost Boundaries2003 · Cast3.0
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement1988 · Cast1.9
Queer as Art2017 · Self1.6
Gay Black Group1983 · Self
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art2019 · Cast
Reframing AIDS1987 · Himself
Black Nations/Queer Nations?1995 · Self - PanelistCrew credits
BaadAsssss Cinema2002 · Director3.0Young Soul Rebels1991 · Director, Writer2.7Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask1996 · Director, Screenplay3.6Black and White in Colour1992 · Director5.0Looking for Langston1989 · Director, Screenplay2.5Derek2008 · Director, Executive Producer2.8
Territories1984 · Director4.5
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement2019 · Director, Screenplay4.3
Paradise Omeros2002 · Director, Writer4.5
Three2000 · Director4.5
Dreaming Rivers1989 · Assistant Director4.5
Ten Thousand Waves2010 · Director3.8
True North2004 · Director4.0
Lessons of the Hour2019 · Director4.0
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing2019 · Director2.6
Baltimore2003 · Director3.5
The Attendant1993 · Director2.2Lost Boundaries2003 · Director3.0