Isaac Julien

Isaac Julien

b. 1960 (age 66) East End, London, England, UK
Director Writer

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

Looking for Langston
🎞️
★ 6.8
Looking for Langston
1989
Young Soul Rebels
🎞️
★ 6.2
Young Soul Rebels
1991
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
🎞️
★ 6.5
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
1995
Derek
🎞️
★ 7.1
Derek
2008

Filmography

🎬
🎞️
★ 7.5
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
2025 Director
30/30 Vision: 3 Decades of Strand Releasing
🎞️
★ 5.1
30/30 Vision: 3 Decades of Strand Releasing
2019 Director
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.8
Lessons of the Hour
2019 Director
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.8
Lina Bo Bardi: A Marvellous Entanglement
2019 Director Writer
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir's Weird World of Video Art
🎞️
★ 7.2
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir's Weird World of Video Art
2019 Self
🎬
🎞️
Stones Against Diamonds
2015 Director
Playtime
🎞️
★ 5.7
Playtime
2013 Director Writer
🎬
📺
Cinema of Art
2013 Self
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.8
Better Life
2010 Director Writer
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.2
The Leopard
2010 Director Writer
Derek
🎞️
★ 7.1
Derek
2008 Self Director
🎬
🎞️
★ 5.5
True North
2006 Director
🎬
🎞️
★ 5.5
Fantôme Afrique
2006 Director
Baltimore
🎞️
★ 5.5
Baltimore
2003 Director
Baadasssss Cinema
🎞️
★ 6.9
Baadasssss Cinema
2002 Director
🎬
🎞️
★ 5.6
Paradise Omeros
2002 Director Writer
🎬
🎞️
★ 2.1
Three
2000 Director
🎬
🎞️
★ 3.1
Long Road to Mazatlan
1999 Director
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
🎞️
★ 6.5
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
1995 Director Writer
Black Nations/Queer Nations?
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Black Nations/Queer Nations?
1995 Self
🎬
🎞️
Significant (Br)other
1995 Writer
The Darker Side of Black
🎞️
★ 6.5
The Darker Side of Black
1994 Director Writer
The Attendant
🎞️
★ 6.0
The Attendant
1993 Director
Between Two Worlds
🎞️
★ 5.8
Between Two Worlds
1992 Actor
Shop customer
Black and White in Colour
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★ 7.2
Black and White in Colour
1992 Director
Young Soul Rebels
🎞️
★ 6.2
Young Soul Rebels
1991 Director Writer
Daddy and the Muscle Academy
🎞️
★ 6.4
Daddy and the Muscle Academy
1991 Self
Looking for Langston
🎞️
★ 6.8
Looking for Langston
1989 Director Writer
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
🎞️
★ 7.0
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
1988 Actor Director
The Passion of Remembrance
🎞️
★ 6.4
The Passion of Remembrance
1986 Director Writer
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.4
Territories
1985 Director
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Gay Black Group
1983 Self
Arena
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★ 7.7
Arena
1975 Director
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