Portuguese filmmaker, born in Lisbon on 8th June 1966. Early on, he dedicated himself to cinema, becoming involved with film clubs and directing amateur films in Super 8. Having studied at the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema in Lisbon, he specialized in Production (1988) and splits his professional and personal life between Portugal and Angola. He has collaborated with the main Portuguese production companies on dozens of audio-visual productions. Both in Portugal and abroad, he participates in gatherings, conferences, festivals and workshops and he foments and collaborates with the publishing of books and magazines on the topic of cinema. In Angola, since 1995, he has been the producer for the Contemporary Dance Company, with shows in countless cities in Africa, Asia, America and Europe. He was a consultant for the Angolan Institute of Cinema and founding member of the FIC – Luanda Film Festival (2008). In 1991, he had his debut as director with the short film “O Funeral”, which won the award for Best First Work at the Algarve Festival, and, in 1992, he filmed “O Miradouro da Lua”, his first feature-length film and first official coproduction between Portugal and Angola.

FILMOGRAPHY

2017 – A Ilha dos Cães

2012 – Paisagens Propícias

2011 – Outros Rituais Mais ou Menos

2010 – O Lendário “Tio Liceu” e os Ngola Ritmos

2007 – Kuduro, Fogo no Museke

2005 – Angola – Histórias da Música Popular

2005 – Histórias da Vida na Terra

2004 – A Utopia do Padre Himalaya

2003 – Outras Frases

1996 – Uma frase qualquer

1993 – O Miradouro da Lua

1992 – O Funeral

1989 – Fábulas de Encantar e Outras de Nojo III – Jacinto “Veloz”

1987 – Fábulas de Encantar e Outras de Nojo II – O Cigarro e as Formigas

1986 – O Gato Preto

1984 – Fábulas de Encantar e Outras de Nojo I – A Donzela que se perdeu no Bosque