Isaac Julien

Director

Born: February 21, 1960 (age 66)
From: East End, London, England, UK

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…

Filmography (39)

Once Again... (Statues Never Die) (2025)
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Scala!!! (2024)
Self
Once Again... (Statues Never Die) (2022)
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Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros (2021)
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30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019)
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Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art (2019)
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement (2019)
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Lessons of the Hour (2019)
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Queer as Art (2017)
Self
Playtime (2013)
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Ten Thousand Waves (2010)
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Derek (2008)
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Western Union: Small Boats (2007)
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Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill (2005)
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Fantôme Creole
Fantôme Creole (2005)
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Fantôme Afrique (2005)
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Encore II (Radioactive)
Encore II (Radioactive) (2004)
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True North (2004)
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Lost Boundaries (2003)
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Baltimore (2003)
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BaadAsssss Cinema (2002)
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Paradise Omeros (2002)
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Three (2000)
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Vagabondia (2000)
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Long Road to Mazatlán
Long Road to Mazatlán (1999)
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Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask (1996)
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Black Nations/Queer Nations? (1995)
Self - Panelist
The Darker Side of Black (1994)
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The Attendant (1993)
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Black and White in Colour (1992)
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