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.
Movie Appearances
Black and White in Colour
as Self
1992
Lost Boundaries
2003
Scala!!!
as Self
2024
Reframing AIDS
as Himself
1987
Queer as Art
as Self
2017
Daddy and the Muscle Academy
as Himself
1991
Gay Black Group
as Self
1983
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
1988
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
2019
Black Nations/Queer Nations?
as Self - Panelist
1995