Isaac Julien
🎬 Director

Isaac Julien

🎂 Born 21 February 1960 (age 66)📍 East End, London, England, UK
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Popularity Score
10
Acting Credits
29
Directed

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.

Known For

Queer as Art
★ 3.2
Queer as Art
2017
Self
Daddy and the Muscle Academy
★ 5.6
Daddy and the Muscle Academy
1991
Himself
Scala!!!
★ 7.8
Scala!!!
2024
Self
Black Nations/Queer Nations?
Black Nations/Queer Nations?
1995
Self - Panelist

Directed Films(29)

BaadAsssss Cinema
★ 6.0
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
Director
The Passion of Remembrance
The Passion of Remembrance
1986
Director
Young Soul Rebels
★ 5.3
Young Soul Rebels
1991
Director
Playtime
★ 1.0
Playtime
2013
Director
Ten Thousand Waves
★ 7.5
Ten Thousand Waves
2010
Director
Derek
★ 5.3
Derek
2008
Director
Who Killed Colin Roach?
Who Killed Colin Roach?
1983
Director
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
★ 7.1
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
1996
Director
Black and White in Colour
★ 10.0
Black and White in Colour
1992
Director
Lessons of the Hour
★ 8.0
Lessons of the Hour
2019
Director
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
★ 5.3
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019
Director
Looking for Langston
★ 5.0
Looking for Langston
1989
Director
Lost Boundaries
★ 6.0
Lost Boundaries
2003
Director
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
★ 4.5
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
2022
Director
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement
★ 8.5
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement
2019
Director
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
2025
Director
The Attendant
★ 4.4
The Attendant
1993
Director
Paradise Omeros
★ 9.0
Paradise Omeros
2002
Director
The Darker Side of Black
★ 2.8
The Darker Side of Black
1994
Director
Vagabondia
★ 6.0
Vagabondia
2000
Director
True North
★ 8.0
True North
2004
Director
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
★ 3.8
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
1988
Director
Territories
★ 9.0
Territories
1984
Director
Fantôme Afrique
Fantôme Afrique
2005
Director
Western Union: Small Boats
★ 5.0
Western Union: Small Boats
2007
Director
Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill
Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill
2005
Director
Baltimore
★ 7.0
Baltimore
2003
Director
Three
★ 9.0
Three
2000
Director
Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros
Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros
2021
Director

Full Filmography(10 films)

YearTitleRating
2017Queer as Art★ 3.21991Daddy and the Muscle Academy★ 5.62024Scala!!!★ 7.81995Black Nations/Queer Nations?—1992Black and White in Colour★ 10.01983Gay Black Group—2003Lost Boundaries★ 6.01987Reframing AIDS—2019Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art—1988This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement★ 3.8
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