Isaac Julien
Directing
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.
Behind the camera
2025Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
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2022Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
Director & Writer
2021Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros
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2019Lessons of the Hour
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201930/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
Director
2019Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement
Director & Screenplay
2013Playtime
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2010Ten Thousand Waves
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2008Derek
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2007Western Union: Small Boats
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2005Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill
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2005Fantôme Afrique
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2004True North
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2003Lost Boundaries
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2003Baltimore
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2002BaadAsssss Cinema
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2002Paradise Omeros
Director & Writer
2000Vagabondia
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2000Three
Director
1996Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
Director & Screenplay
1994The Darker Side of Black
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1993The Attendant
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1992Black and White in Colour
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1991Young Soul Rebels
Director & Writer