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Isaac Julien

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Born: 1960-02-21
From: East End, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.3

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.

Awards & Nominations3 won · 0 nominated

🏆 Won

Honorary Fellow of the British Academy

2024
🏆 Won

Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT

2001
🏆 Won

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Acting10 titles

Black and White in Colour
10.0
Movie

Black and White in Colour

1992Documentary
Scala!!!
7.8
Movie

Scala!!!

2024Documentary
Lost Boundaries
6.0
Movie

Lost Boundaries

2003Documentary
Daddy and the Muscle Academy
5.6
Movie

Daddy and the Muscle Academy

1991Documentary
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
3.8
Movie

This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement

1988Drama
Queer as Art
3.2
Movie

Queer as Art

2017Documentary
Reframing AIDS
0
Movie

Reframing AIDS

1987Documentary
Gay Black Group
0
Movie

Gay Black Group

1983Documentary
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
0
Movie

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

2019Documentary
Black Nations/Queer Nations?
0
Movie

Black Nations/Queer Nations?

1995Documentary

Directing30 titles

Black and White in Colour
10.0
Movie

Black and White in Colour

1992Documentary
Paradise Omeros
9.0
Movie

Paradise Omeros

2002Drama
Dreaming Rivers
9.0
Movie

Dreaming Rivers

1989Drama
Territories
9.0
Movie

Territories

1984Documentary
Three
9.0
Movie

Three

2000Drama
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement
8.5
Movie

Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement

2019Drama
Lessons of the Hour
8.0
Movie

Lessons of the Hour

2019Drama
True North
8.0
Movie

True North

2004Drama
Ten Thousand Waves
7.5
Movie

Ten Thousand Waves

2010Drama
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
7.1
Movie

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

1996Documentary
Baltimore
7.0
Movie

Baltimore

2003Sci-Fi
BaadAsssss Cinema
6.0
Movie

BaadAsssss Cinema

2002Action
Lost Boundaries
6.0
Movie

Lost Boundaries

2003Documentary
Vagabondia
6.0
Movie

Vagabondia

2000Drama
Young Soul Rebels
5.3
Movie

Young Soul Rebels

1991Drama
Derek
5.3
Movie

Derek

2008Documentary
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
5.3
Movie

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

2019Comedy
Looking for Langston
5.0
Movie

Looking for Langston

1989Drama
Western Union: Small Boats
5.0
Movie

Western Union: Small Boats

2007Drama
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
4.5
Movie

Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

2022Drama
The Attendant
4.4
Movie

The Attendant

1993Sci-Fi
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
3.8
Movie

This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement

1988Drama
The Darker Side of Black
2.8
Movie

The Darker Side of Black

1994Documentary
Playtime
1.0
Movie

Playtime

2013Drama
Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros
0
Movie

Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros

2021Drama
The Passion of Remembrance
0
Movie

The Passion of Remembrance

1986Drama
Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill
0
Movie

Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill

2005Drama
Fantôme Afrique
0
Movie

Fantôme Afrique

2005Drama
Who Killed Colin Roach?
0
Movie

Who Killed Colin Roach?

1983Documentary
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
0
Movie

Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

2025Drama

Writing7 titles

Paradise Omeros
9.0
Movie

Paradise Omeros

2002Drama
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement
8.5
Movie

Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement

2019Drama
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
7.1
Movie

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

1996Documentary
Young Soul Rebels
5.3
Movie

Young Soul Rebels

1991Drama
Looking for Langston
5.0
Movie

Looking for Langston

1989Drama
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
4.5
Movie

Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

2022Drama
The Passion of Remembrance
0
Movie

The Passion of Remembrance

1986Drama

Production2 titles

Derek
5.3
Movie

Derek

2008Documentary
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
3.8
Movie

This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement

1988Drama