Isaac Julien

64 · Born: Feb 21, 1960

Personal Details

Born Feb 21, 1960 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.

Career

acting

2019

Kill Your TV: Jim Moir's Weird World of Video Art

Kill Your TV: Jim Moir's Weird World of Video Art

1987

This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement

This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement

appearances

2024

Scala!!! Or, the Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits

Scala!!! Or, the Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits

2017

2008

1995

Black Nations/Queer Nations?

Black Nations/Queer Nations?

1992

Black and White in Colour

Black and White in Colour

1991

Daddy and the Muscle Academy

Daddy and the Muscle Academy

directing

2019

30/30 Vision: 3 Decades of Strand Releasing

30/30 Vision: 3 Decades of Strand Releasing as Director

2013

Playtime as Director

2008

Derek as Director

2004

True North as Director

2003

Baltimore as Director

2002

Baadasssss Cinema

Baadasssss Cinema as Director

Paradise Omeros

Paradise Omeros as Director, Writer

1996

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask as Director, Screenplay

1994

The Darker Side of Black

The Darker Side of Black as Director

1992

Black and White in Colour

Black and White in Colour as Director

1991

Young Soul Rebels

Young Soul Rebels as Director, Writer

1989

Looking for Langston

Looking for Langston as Director, Screenplay

1987

This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement

This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement as Director