Isaac Julien

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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

10

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-02-21 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

East End, London, England, UK

Isaac Julien

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.

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Directing

2025
Once Again... (Statues Never Die) as Director
2022
Once Again... (Statues Never Die) as Director
2021
Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros as Director
2020
Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvelous Entanglement as Director
2019
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing as Director
2019
Lessons of the Hour as Director
2013
Playtime as Director
2010
Ten Thousand Waves as Director
2008
Derek as Director
2007
Western Union: Small Boats as Director
2005
Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill as Director
2005
Fantôme Creole as Director
2005
Fantôme Afrique as Director
2004
Encore II (Radioactive) as Director
2004
True North as Director
2003
Lost Boundaries as Director
2003
Baltimore as Director
2002
BaadAsssss Cinema as Director
2002
Paradise Omeros as Director
2000
Three as Director
2000
Vagabondia as Director
1999
Long Road to Mazatlán as Director
1996
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask as Director
1994
The Darker Side of Black as Director
1993
The Attendant as Director
1992
Black and White in Colour as Director
1991
Young Soul Rebels as Director
1989
Looking for Langston as Director
1989
Dreaming Rivers as Assistant Director
1988
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement as Director
1986
The Passion of Remembrance as Director
1984
Territories as Director
1983
Who Killed Colin Roach? as Director

Production

2008
Derek as Executive Producer
1988
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement as Producer

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