Isaac Julien
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 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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Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros (2021)
Director
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019)
Director
Lessons of the Hour (2019)
Director
Playtime (2013)
Director
Ten Thousand Waves (2010)
Director
Western Union: Small Boats (2007)
Director
Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill (2005)
Director
Fantôme Afrique (2005)
Director
Fantôme Creole (2005)
Director
Encore II (Radioactive) (2004)
Director
True North (2004)
Director
Baltimore (2003)
Director
Paradise Omeros (2002)
Director | Writer
Three (2000)
Director
Vagabondia (2000)
Director
Long Road to Mazatlán (1999)
Director
The Attendant (1993)
Director
Significant (Br)other (1993)
Novel
Young Soul Rebels (1991)
Director | Writer
Looking for Langston (1989)
Director | Screenplay
Dreaming Rivers (1989)
Assistant Director
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement (1987)
Director | Producer
The Passion of Remembrance (1986)
Director | Writer