Isaac Julien
Known for Directing
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.
Filmography
Derek
2008
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Playtime
2013
Director
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
Director
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019
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Young Soul Rebels
1991
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Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
1996
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Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
2022
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Ten Thousand Waves
2010
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Black and White in Colour
1992
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Looking for Langston
1989
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The Passion of Remembrance
1986
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Who Killed Colin Roach?
1983
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Lessons of the Hour
2019
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Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
2025
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Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement
2019
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The Attendant
1993
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Lost Boundaries
2003
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Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros
2021
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Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill
2005
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The Darker Side of Black
1994
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