1960-02-21 East End, London, England, UK
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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Scala!!! | Self | 2024-01-05 |
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Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art | 2019-11-24 | |
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Queer as Art | Self | 2017-07-27 |
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Lost Boundaries | 2003-01-01 | |
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Black Nations/Queer Nations? | Self - Panelist | 1995-01-01 |
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Black and White in Colour | Self | 1992-06-27 |
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Daddy and the Muscle Academy | Himself | 1991-10-17 |
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This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement | 1988-08-04 | |
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Reframing AIDS | Himself | 1987-01-01 |
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Gay Black Group | Self | 1983-01-01 |