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 30
2020s
- 2025
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
Director
- 2022
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
Director
- 2021
Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros
Director
2010s
- 2019
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
Director
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement
Director
Lessons of the Hour
Director
- 2013
Playtime
Director
- 2010
Ten Thousand Waves
Director
2000s
- 2008
- 2007
Western Union: Small Boats
Director
- 2005
Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill
Director
Fantôme Afrique
Director
- 2004
True North
Director
- 2003
Baltimore
Director
- 2002
BaadAsssss Cinema
Director
Paradise Omeros
Director
- 2000
Three
Director
Vagabondia
Director
1990s
- 1996
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
Director
- 1994
The Darker Side of Black
Director
- 1993
The Attendant
Director
- 1992
Black and White in Colour
Director
- 1991
Young Soul Rebels
Director
1980s
- 1989
Looking for Langston
Director
Dreaming Rivers
Assistant Director
- 1988
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
Director
- 1986
The Passion of Remembrance
Director
- 1984
Territories
Director
- 1983
Who Killed Colin Roach?
Director
Wrote 7
2020s
- 2022
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
Writer
2010s
- 2019
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement
Screenplay
2000s
- 2002
Paradise Omeros
Writer
1990s
- 1996
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
Screenplay
- 1991
Young Soul Rebels
Writer
1980s
- 1989
Looking for Langston
Screenplay
- 1986
The Passion of Remembrance
Writer
Acted in 3
2010s
- 2019
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
Movie
2000s
- 2003
1980s
- 1988
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
Movie
Produced 2
2000s
- 2008
1980s
- 1988
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
Producer
Appearances7
2020s
- 2024
Scala!!!
Self
2010s
- 2017
Queer as Art
Self
1990s
- 1995
Black Nations/Queer Nations?
Self - Panelist
- 1992
Black and White in Colour
Self
- 1991
Daddy and the Muscle Academy
Himself
1980s
- 1987
Reframing AIDS
Himself
- 1983
Gay Black Group
Self