Isaac Julien
Directing
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.
Filmography
35
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
2025
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
2022
Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros
2021
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
2019
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement
2019
Lessons of the Hour
2019
Playtime
2013
Ten Thousand Waves
2010
Derek
2008
Western Union: Small Boats
2007
Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill
2005
Fantôme Creole
Fantôme Creole
2005
Fantôme Afrique
2005
Encore II (Radioactive)
Encore II (Radioactive)
2004
True North
2004
Lost Boundaries
2003
Baltimore
2003
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
Paradise Omeros
2002
Three
2000
Vagabondia
2000
Long Road to Mazatlán
Long Road to Mazatlán
1999
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
1996
The Darker Side of Black
1994
The Attendant
1993
Significant (Br)other
Significant (Br)other
1993
Black and White in Colour
1992
Young Soul Rebels
1991
Looking for Langston
1989
Dreaming Rivers
1989
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
1988
The Passion of Remembrance
1986
Territories
1984
Who Killed Colin Roach?
1983