“When I was thinking of giving up, I was very dissatisfied with the idea that the films that I've made are the ones my daughter might see in the future and would represent what was very personal to me.”

American filmmaker

Lee Isaac Chung is an American filmmaker known for his debut feature, Munyurangabo. The film was released in 2007 and was selected for the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. Munyurangabo was the first narrative feature film made in the Kinyarwanda language, a distinction that has drawn attention to Chung’s work. He is associated with independent filmmaking and with a career that began with a film noted for its language and festival recognition.