Isaac Julien
Directing
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.
Filmography
Acting (10)
2024
Scala!!!as Self
7.8
2017
Queer as Artas Self
3.3
2003
6.0
1995
Black Nations/Queer Nations?as Self - Panelist
1992
Black and White in Colouras Self
10.0
1991
Daddy and the Muscle Academyas Himself
5.7
1987
Reframing AIDSas Himself
1983
Gay Black Groupas Self
Production & Directing (43)
2025
2022
4.5
2022
4.5
2021
Encore No.1 Paradise OmerosDirector
2019
5.3
2019
8.5
2019
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous EntanglementScreenplay
8.5
2019
Lessons of the HourDirector
8.0
2013
PlaytimeDirector
1.0
2010
Ten Thousand WavesDirector
7.5
2008
DerekDirector
5.5
2008
DerekExecutive Producer
5.5
2007
Western Union: Small BoatsDirector
5.0
2005
Portrait in Blue: Essex HemphillDirector
2005
Fantôme CreoleDirector
2005
Fantôme AfriqueDirector
2004
Encore II (Radioactive)Director
2004
True NorthDirector
8.0
2003
Lost BoundariesDirector
6.0
2003
BaltimoreDirector
7.0
2002
BaadAsssss CinemaDirector
6.0
2002
Paradise OmerosDirector
9.0
2002
Paradise OmerosWriter
9.0
2000
ThreeDirector
9.0
2000
VagabondiaDirector
6.0
1999
Long Road to MazatlánDirector
7.0
1996
7.2
1996
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White MaskScreenplay
7.2
1994
The Darker Side of BlackDirector
2.8
1993
The AttendantDirector
4.4
1993
3.0
1992
Black and White in ColourDirector
10.0
1991
Young Soul RebelsDirector
5.4
1991
Young Soul RebelsWriter
5.4
1989
Looking for LangstonDirector
5.1
1989
Looking for LangstonScreenplay
5.1
1989
Dreaming RiversAssistant Director
9.0
1988
3.8
1988
3.8
1986
The Passion of RemembranceDirector
1986
1984
TerritoriesDirector
9.0
1983
Who Killed Colin Roach?Director