Isaac Julien

Filmmaker and installation artist Isaac Julien was born in 1960 in London where he currently lives and works His multiscreen film installations and photographs incorporate different artistic disciplines to create a poetic and unique visual language His 1989 documentarydrama 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