born 1960 · Directing
60.9avg grm
2titles
3honors
Honors
32024Honorary Fellow of the British Academy
2001Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT
—Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Bio
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.
Filmography
ranked on this site2000s1 title
D
Derek2008 · as Self57.91970s1 title
A
Arena1975 · as Director · series63.9