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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Isaac Julien is a British filmmaker and installation artist known for his poetic visual language and multi-screen film installations exploring race, diaspora, and queer identity.
He is best known for directing the feature film Young Soul Rebels and the acclaimed documentary-drama Looking for Langston.
He is a Royal Academician and serves as a distinguished professor of the arts at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
