Known for

Directing

Born

Feb 21, 1960 (66 years old)

Place of birth

East End, London, England, UK

Isaac Julien

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.

Titles

Derek

Movie • 2008

Territories

Movie • 1984

Scala!!!

Movie • 2024

Playtime

Movie • 2013

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

Movie • 2019

The Passion of Remembrance

Movie • 1986

Daddy and the Muscle Academy

Movie • 1991

BaadAsssss Cinema

Movie • 2002

Young Soul Rebels

Movie • 1991

Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

Movie • 2022

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

Movie • 1996

Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement

Movie • 2019

Dreaming Rivers

Movie • 1989

Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art

Movie • 2019

Looking for Langston

Movie • 1989

Gay Black Group

Movie • 1983