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Isaac Julien (b. 1960)

Birthplace:
East End, London, England, UK

Born:
February 21, 1960

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Production

Assistant Director:
1989  Dreaming Rivers

Director:
1983  Who Killed Colin Roach?
1984  Territories
1986  The Passion of Remembrance
1988  This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
1989  Dreaming Rivers
1989  Looking for Langston
1991  Young Soul Rebels
1992  Black and White in Colour
1993  The Attendant
1994  The Darker Side of Black
1996  Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
1999  Long Road to Mazatlán
2000  Three
2000  Vagabondia
2002  BaadAsssss Cinema
2002  Paradise Omeros
2003  Baltimore
2003  Lost Boundaries
2004  Encore II (Radioactive)
2004  True North
2005  Fantôme Afrique
2005  Fantôme Creole
2005  Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill
2007  Western Union: Small Boats
2008  Derek
2010  Ten Thousand Waves
2013  Playtime
2019  30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019  Lessons of the Hour
2020  Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvelous Entanglement
2021  Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros
2022  Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

Executive Producer:
1983  Who Killed Colin Roach?
1984  Territories
1986  The Passion of Remembrance
1988  This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
1989  Dreaming Rivers
1989  Looking for Langston
1991  Young Soul Rebels
1992  Black and White in Colour
1993  The Attendant
1994  The Darker Side of Black
1996  Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
1999  Long Road to Mazatlán
2000  Three
2000  Vagabondia
2002  BaadAsssss Cinema
2002  Paradise Omeros
2003  Baltimore
2003  Lost Boundaries
2004  Encore II (Radioactive)
2004  True North
2005  Fantôme Afrique
2005  Fantôme Creole
2005  Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill
2007  Western Union: Small Boats
2008  Derek
2010  Ten Thousand Waves
2013  Playtime
2019  30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019  Lessons of the Hour
2020  Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvelous Entanglement
2021  Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros
2022  Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

Novel:
1983  Who Killed Colin Roach?
1984  Territories
1986  The Passion of Remembrance
1988  This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
1989  Dreaming Rivers
1989  Looking for Langston
1991  Young Soul Rebels
1992  Black and White in Colour
1993  Significant (Br)other
1993  The Attendant
1994  The Darker Side of Black
1996  Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
1999  Long Road to Mazatlán
2000  Three
2000  Vagabondia
2002  BaadAsssss Cinema
2002  Paradise Omeros
2003  Baltimore
2003  Lost Boundaries
2004  Encore II (Radioactive)
2004  True North
2005  Fantôme Afrique
2005  Fantôme Creole
2005  Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill
2007  Western Union: Small Boats
2008  Derek
2010  Ten Thousand Waves
2013  Playtime
2019  30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019  Lessons of the Hour
2020  Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvelous Entanglement
2021  Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros
2022  Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

Producer:
1983  Who Killed Colin Roach?
1984  Territories
1986  The Passion of Remembrance
1988  This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
1989  Dreaming Rivers
1989  Looking for Langston
1991  Young Soul Rebels
1992  Black and White in Colour
1993  Significant (Br)other
1993  The Attendant
1994  The Darker Side of Black
1996  Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
1999  Long Road to Mazatlán
2000  Three
2000  Vagabondia
2002  BaadAsssss Cinema
2002  Paradise Omeros
2003  Baltimore
2003  Lost Boundaries
2004  Encore II (Radioactive)
2004  True North
2005  Fantôme Afrique
2005  Fantôme Creole
2005  Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill
2007  Western Union: Small Boats
2008  Derek
2010  Ten Thousand Waves
2013  Playtime
2019  30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019  Lessons of the Hour
2020  Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvelous Entanglement
2021  Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros
2022  Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

Screenplay:
1983  Who Killed Colin Roach?
1984  Territories
1986  The Passion of Remembrance
1988  This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
1989  Dreaming Rivers
1989  Looking for Langston
1991  Young Soul Rebels
1992  Black and White in Colour
1993  Significant (Br)other
1993  The Attendant
1994  The Darker Side of Black
1996  Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
1999  Long Road to Mazatlán
2000  Three
2000  Vagabondia
2002  BaadAsssss Cinema
2002  Paradise Omeros
2003  Baltimore
2003  Lost Boundaries
2004  Encore II (Radioactive)
2004  True North
2005  Fantôme Afrique
2005  Fantôme Creole
2005  Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill
2007  Western Union: Small Boats
2008  Derek
2010  Ten Thousand Waves
2013  Playtime
2019  30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019  Lessons of the Hour
2020  Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvelous Entanglement
2021  Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros
2022  Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

Writer:
1983  Who Killed Colin Roach?
1984  Territories
1986  The Passion of Remembrance
1988  This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
1989  Dreaming Rivers
1989  Looking for Langston
1991  Young Soul Rebels
1992  Black and White in Colour
1993  Significant (Br)other
1993  The Attendant
1994  The Darker Side of Black
1996  Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
1999  Long Road to Mazatlán
2000  Three
2000  Vagabondia
2002  BaadAsssss Cinema
2002  Paradise Omeros
2003  Baltimore
2003  Lost Boundaries
2004  Encore II (Radioactive)
2004  True North
2005  Fantôme Afrique
2005  Fantôme Creole
2005  Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill
2007  Western Union: Small Boats
2008  Derek
2010  Ten Thousand Waves
2013  Playtime
2019  30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019  Lessons of the Hour
2020  Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvelous Entanglement
2021  Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros
2022  Once Again... (Statues Never Die)

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