Julien Temple is a British filmmaker renowned for his vivid, archive-rich documentaries and music films. Emerging from London’s punk scene, he first made his name with groundbreaking work on the Sex Pistols before building an acclaimed career chronicling music, counterculture, and cultural history. His films include The Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle, Absolute Beginners, Glastonbury, Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten, Oil City Confidential, and London: The Modern Babylon.

In his later work, Temple has increasingly turned his attention to the social and cultural identity of specific places, blending music, history, and political context through dynamic archival storytelling. This trajectory extends to Habaneros (2017), where he explores contemporary Havana through its music and everyday life, continuing his longstanding interest in how sound and memory shape the spirit of a city.