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Isaac Julien

Isaac Julien

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

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

Full filmography

Scala!!!
Scala!!!
2024 • Self
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Reframing AIDS
Reframing AIDS
1987 • Himself
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Isaac Julien – Biography, Known For & Filmography