Born in 1957, he studied History at Porto’s Faculdade de Letras and Cinema at the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema, and completed his master’s degree in Cinematographic Studies at the ESTC. He was director’s assistant to Manoel de Oliveira, Wim Wenders, Alain Tanner, Jorge Silva Melo, Werner Schroeter and Paulo Rocha. Since 1985, his feature-length films have been screened at a wide variety of international film festivals. He maintains a parallel career in teaching, ministering Workshops, Masterclasses and as a lecturer on Directing, Screenplay-writing and Cinema Interpretation, both at the national and international levels. Since 1986, he has also directed theatre plays. His films were the subject of several retrospectives at festivals such as BAFICI, in Buenos Aires, BIFF, in Busan, Festival International du Film de La Rochelle, and Cineteca Nacional de Mexico, among others.
FILMOGRAPHY
2017 – Fátima
2017 – Portugal, Um dia de Cada Vez (Diário das Beiras) (co-autoria com Anabela Moreira)
2017 – Portugal, Um Dia De Cada Vez (Trás-os-Montes) (co-realização com Anabela Moreira)
2013 – É o Amor
2013 – Obrigação
2012 – Raul Brandão era um grande escritor
2011 – Sangue do Meu Sangue
2011 – Trabalho de Actriz, Trabalho de actor
2010 – Fantasia Lusitana
2007 – Mal Nascida
2006 – Mãe Há Só Uma
2003 – Noite Escura
2000 – Ganhar a Vida
1997 – Sapatos Pretos
1989 – Filha da Mãe
1985 Três Menos Eu