Raoul Martinez is a writer, artist, and award-winning filmmaker. His first book ‘Creating Freedom’ was published in 2016 and subsequently released in multiple languages around the world. It builds on a documentary that was released in 2013, produced, written and co-directed by Raoul. ‘The Lottery of Birth’ was nominated for Best Documentary at London’s Raindance Film Festival and went on to win the Artivist Spirit 2012 Award at Hollywood’s Artivist Festival. Raoul lives and works in London, where several of his paintings have been selected for exhibition in the National Portrait Gallery.