Isaac Julien
Known for
Directing
Born
February 21, 1960 (age 66)
Birthplace
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.
Best known work
Young Soul Rebels
1991
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
Looking for Langston
1989
Daddy and the Muscle Academy
1991
Derek
2008
Scala!!!
2024
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
1996
The Attendant
1993
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019
Queer as Art
2017Filmography
2025
2024
Scala!!!as Self
2022
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)Director, Writer
2021
Encore No.1 Paradise OmerosDirector
2019
2019
2019
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous EntanglementDirector, Screenplay
2019
Lessons of the HourDirector
2017
Queer as Artas Self
2013
PlaytimeDirector
2010
Ten Thousand WavesDirector
2008
DerekDirector, Executive Producer
2007
Western Union: Small BoatsDirector
2005
Portrait in Blue: Essex HemphillDirector
2005
Fantôme CreoleDirector
2005
Fantôme AfriqueDirector
2004
Encore II (Radioactive)Director
2004
True NorthDirector
2003
Lost BoundariesDirector
2003
BaltimoreDirector
2002
BaadAsssss CinemaDirector
2002
Paradise OmerosDirector, Writer
2000
ThreeDirector
2000
VagabondiaDirector
1999
Long Road to MazatlánDirector