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.

Known for

Scala!!!

Self

Queer as Art

Self

Black and White in Colour

Self

Daddy and the Muscle Academy

Himself

Gay Black Group

Self

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

This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement

Lost Boundaries

Reframing AIDS

Himself

Black Nations/Queer Nations?

Self - Panelist