Directed credits
30
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Isaac Julien
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.2
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Directed movies: 30Directed series: 0All crew credits: 30
TMDB ID: 108464
IMDb ID: nm0432264
Known for: Directing
Born: February 21, 1960
Age: 65
Place of birth: East End, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1983 - 2025
Years active: 43
Average TMDB rating: 5.22
Wikidata: Q328137
Frequent jobs
Director (29)Assistant Director (1)
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.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Isaac Julien.
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
Director
2025 Movie
4.5
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
Director
2022 Movie
Encore No.1 Paradise Omeros
Director
2021 Movie
5.3
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
Director
2019 Movie
8.5
Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvelous Entanglement
Director
2019 Movie
8.0
Lessons of the Hour
Director
2019 Movie
1.0
Playtime
Director
2013 Movie
7.5
Ten Thousand Waves
Director
2010 Movie
5.3
Derek
Director
2008 Movie
5.0
Western Union: Small Boats
Director
2007 Movie
Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill
Director
2005 Movie
Fantôme Afrique
Director
2005 Movie
True North
Director
2004 Movie
6.0
Lost Boundaries
Director
2003 Movie
Baltimore
Director
2003 Movie
5.9
BaadAsssss Cinema
Director
2002 Movie
Paradise Omeros
Director
2002 Movie
Three
Director
2000 Movie
6.0
Vagabondia
Director
2000 Movie
7.0
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
Director
1996 Movie
1.0
The Darker Side of Black
Director
1994 Movie
3.8
The Attendant
Director
1993 Movie
Black and White in Colour
Director
1992 Movie
5.0
Young Soul Rebels
Director
1991 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Isaac Julien.
7.8
Scala!!!
as Self
2024 Movie
1.0
Playtime
Director
2013 Movie
5.3
Derek
Director
2008 Movie
5.0
Young Soul Rebels
Director
1991 Movie
5.9
BaadAsssss Cinema
Director
2002 Movie
6.0
Lost Boundaries
Director
2003 Movie
5.5
Daddy and the Muscle Academy
as Himself
1991 Movie
5.3
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
Director
2019 Movie
7.0
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
Director
1996 Movie
Gay Black Group
as Self
1983 Movie
True North
Director
2004 Movie
Territories
Director
1984 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Isaac Julien.
7.8
Scala!!!
as Self
2024 Movie
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
2019 Movie
3.3
Queer as Art
as Self
2017 Movie
6.0
Lost Boundaries
2003 Movie
Black Nations/Queer Nations?
as Self - Panelist
1995 Movie
Black and White in Colour
as Self
1992 Movie
5.5
Daddy and the Muscle Academy
as Himself
1991 Movie
2.7
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
1988 Movie
Reframing AIDS
as Himself
1987 Movie
Gay Black Group
as Self
1983 Movie