Isaac Julien — Marquee

Isaac Julien

Directing · b. 1960 · 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.

Known for

Young Soul Rebels

5.4

Young Soul Rebels

1991 · Director

BaadAsssss Cinema

6.0

BaadAsssss Cinema

2002 · Director

Looking for Langston

5.1

Looking for Langston

1989 · Director

Derek

5.3

Derek

2008 · Director

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

7.2

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

1996 · Director

The Attendant

4.4

The Attendant

1993 · Director

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

5.3

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

2019 · Director

This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement

3.8

This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement

1988 · Director

The Darker Side of Black

2.8

The Darker Side of Black

1994 · Director

Ten Thousand Waves

7.5

Ten Thousand Waves

2010 · Director

Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement

8.5

Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement

2019 · Director

Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

4.5

Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

2022 · Director

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Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

2025 · Director

Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

4.5

Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

2022 · Director

Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros

Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros

2021 · Director

Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement

8.5

Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement

2019 · Director

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

5.3

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

2019 · Director

Lessons of the Hour

8.0

Lessons of the Hour

2019 · Director

Playtime

1.0

Playtime

2013 · Director

Ten Thousand Waves

7.5

Ten Thousand Waves

2010 · Director

Derek

5.3

Derek

2008 · Director

Western Union: Small Boats

5.0

Western Union: Small Boats

2007 · Director

Fantôme Afrique

Fantôme Afrique

2005 · Director

Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill

Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill

2005 · Director

Fantôme Creole

Fantôme Creole

2005 · Director

True North

8.0

True North

2004 · Director

Encore II (Radioactive)

Encore II (Radioactive)

2004 · Director

Lost Boundaries

6.0

Lost Boundaries

2003 · Director

Baltimore

7.0

Baltimore

2003 · Director

BaadAsssss Cinema

6.0

BaadAsssss Cinema

2002 · Director

Acting

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

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

2019

Lost Boundaries

6.0

Lost Boundaries

2003

This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement

3.8

This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement

1988