Directing
Isaac Julien
EN, PT cinema · 41 credits
Born
21 February 1960 (age 66)
Birthplace
East End, London, England, UK
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
Filmography
Scala!!!
as Self
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
Director, Writer
Lessons of the Hour
Director
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement
Director, Screenplay
Queer as Art
as Self
Playtime
Director
Ten Thousand Waves
Director
Derek
Director, Executive Producer
True North
Director
Lost Boundaries
Actor, Director
Baltimore
Director
BaadAsssss Cinema
Director
Paradise Omeros
Director, Writer
Vagabondia
Director
Three
Director
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
Director, Screenplay
Black Nations/Queer Nations?
as Self - Panelist
The Attendant
Director
Black and White in Colour
as Self, Director
Daddy and the Muscle Academy
as Himself
Young Soul Rebels
Director, Writer
Looking for Langston
Director, Screenplay
Dreaming Rivers
Assistant Director
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
Actor, Director, Producer
Reframing AIDS
as Himself
The Passion of Remembrance
Director, Writer
Territories
Director
