Isaac Julien is one of Britain’s foremost artists, as equally acclaimed for his fluent and arresting single-screen films as his vibrant and inventive gallery installations. Moving deftly between filmworld and artworld, Julien remains one of the most original voices on the contemporary art scene. Julien came to prominence in the film world with his 1989 drama-documentary Looking for Langston, gaining a cult following with this poetic exploration of Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance. This following was expanded in 1991 when his film Young Soul Rebels won the Semaine de la Critique prize for best film at the Cannes Film Festival. He was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2001 and was the recipient of both the prestigious MIT Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts (2001) and the Frameline Lifetime Achievement Award (2002). His work Paradise Omeros was presented as part of Documenta XI in Kassel (2002). He won the Grand Jury Prize at the Kunst filmBiennale in Cologne (2003) for his single screen version of Baltimore, and the 2005 Aurora Award. His widely acclaimed documentary film, Baadasssss Cinema was made in 2002. Julien was a jury member at the 1992 Sundance Film Festival and the 2007 Rotterdam International Film Festival. He has had solo shows at the Pompidou Centre Paris (2005), MoCA Miami (2005), the Kestner Gesellschaft Hanover (2006) and Metro Pictures New York (2007). Julien is represented in the Tate Modern, Centre Pompidou, Guggenheim and Hirshhorn Collections.

Selected Filmography
Derek (2007)
Baltimore (2003)
Baadasssss Cinema (2002)
Paradise Omeros (2002)
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin White Mask (1996)
The Attendant (1993)
Young Soul Rebels (1991)
Looking for Langston (1989)