Directing

Isaac Julien

Born 1960-02-21 · 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.

Credits

Newest first

Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
Director
2025
Scala!!!
as Self
2024
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
Director
2022
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
Writer
2022
Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros
Director
2021
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
Director
2019
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
2019
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement
Director
2019
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement
Screenplay
2019
Lessons of the Hour
Director
2019
Queer as Art
as Self
2017
Playtime
Director
2013
Ten Thousand Waves
Director
2010
Derek
Director
2008
Derek
Executive Producer
2008
Western Union: Small Boats
Director
2007
Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill
Director
2005
Fantôme Creole
Director
2005
Fantôme Afrique
Director
2005
Encore II (Radioactive)
Director
2004
True North
Director
2004
Lost Boundaries
2003
Lost Boundaries
Director
2003
Baltimore
Director
2003
BaadAsssss Cinema
Director
2002
Paradise Omeros
Director
2002
Paradise Omeros
Writer
2002
Three
Director
2000
Vagabondia
Director
2000
Long Road to Mazatlán
Director
1999
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
Director
1996
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
Screenplay
1996
Black Nations/Queer Nations?
as Self - Panelist
1995
The Darker Side of Black
Director
1994
The Attendant
Director
1993
Significant (Br)other
Novel
1993
Black and White in Colour
as Self
1992
Black and White in Colour
Director
1992
Daddy and the Muscle Academy
as Himself
1991
Young Soul Rebels
Director
1991
Young Soul Rebels
Writer
1991
Looking for Langston
Director
1989
Looking for Langston
Screenplay
1989
Dreaming Rivers
Assistant Director
1989
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
1988
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
Director
1988
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
Producer
1988
Reframing AIDS
as Himself
1987
The Passion of Remembrance
Director
1986
The Passion of Remembrance
Writer
1986
Territories
Director
1984
Gay Black Group
as Self
1983
Who Killed Colin Roach?
Director
1983