Isaac Julien
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.
Known For
Film
Scala!!!
Self
2024
Film
Lost Boundaries
2003
Film
Black and White in Colour
Self
1992
Film
Queer as Art
Self
2017
Film
Daddy and the Muscle Academy
Himself
1991
Film
Gay Black Group
Self
1983
Film
Reframing AIDS
Himself
1987
Film
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
2019
Film
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
1988
Film
Black Nations/Queer Nations?
Self - Panelist
1995
Filmography
2024FilmScala!!!as Self2019FilmKill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art2017FilmQueer as Artas Self2003FilmLost Boundaries1995FilmBlack Nations/Queer Nations?as Self - Panelist1992FilmBlack and White in Colouras Self1991FilmDaddy and the Muscle Academyas Himself1988FilmThis Is Not an AIDS Advertisement1987FilmReframing AIDSas Himself1983FilmGay Black Groupas Self