Isaac Julien
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Isaac Julien

Born 21 February 1960 · East End, London, England, UK
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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
BaadAsssss Cinema
Looking for Langston
Derek
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
The Attendant
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
The Darker Side of Black
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
Ten Thousand Waves
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros
Lessons of the Hour
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement
Playtime
Ten Thousand Waves
Derek
Western Union: Small Boats
Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill
Fantôme Afrique
True North
Lost Boundaries
Baltimore
BaadAsssss Cinema
Paradise Omeros
Vagabondia
Three
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
The Darker Side of Black
The Attendant
Black and White in Colour
Young Soul Rebels
Looking for Langston
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
The Passion of Remembrance
Territories
Who Killed Colin Roach?
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