
Isaac Julien
Directing · Born 1960-02-21 · 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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Scala!!! 2024
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Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art 2019
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Queer as Art 2017
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Lost Boundaries 2003
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Black Nations/Queer Nations? 1995
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Black and White in Colour 1992
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Daddy and the Muscle Academy 1991
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This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement 1988
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Reframing AIDS 1987
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Gay Black Group 1983
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Once Again... (Statues Never Die) 2025
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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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Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement 2019
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Lessons of the Hour 2019
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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 2005
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Fantôme Afrique 2005
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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 1999
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Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask 1996
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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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Young Soul Rebels 1991
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Looking for Langston 1989
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This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement 1988
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The Passion of Remembrance 1986
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Territories 1984
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Who Killed Colin Roach? 1983
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