Born in Santa Iria de Azóia, in the outskirts of Lisbon, Portugal (November 1977). Completed a degree in
Communication Sciences/Film at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Nova University of Lisbon (NOVA FCSH). Has directed two documentaries about Portuguese artists, produced by NOVA FCSH’s Laboratory of Cinematographic Creation (LABCC) and funded by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (FCG): Fernando Calhau – Work in Progress (2001) and Out of the Nature of Things (2003). The latter, about the sculptor Carlos Nogueira, won an Honourable Mention at the International Film Festival of FineArts, Szolnok (Hungary), 2004. In 2005, attended the Gulbenkian Creativity and Artistic Creation Programme’s Filmmaking Course, organized in association with The London Film School, having directed the short fiction film The Finger (2005). In the following year, attended the same programme’s Cinema Scriptwriting Course. Directed the short fiction film Season (2007), produced by Raiva (now
Terratreme Filmes) and financed by the Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual – ICA and by Radio and Television of Portugal – RTP; a documentary about another Portuguese artist, Pedro Calapez – Works of the Gaze (2009), for Midas Filmes, with the support of FCG; and Parisian Chronicle (2012), a short film produced by Terratreme Filmes and financed by ICA/RTP, based on an episode in the life of the Portuguese composer Fernando Lopes-Graça. Has also worked as director of photography, editor, and assistant director in other films, collaborating with Manuel Mozos, Pedro Caldas, Susana Nobre, João Rosas, and Pedro Pinho, among others. Between 2008 and 2018, collaborated with NOVA FCSH as LABCC’s technical coordinator. At the same faculty, has coordinated two short courses on «Audio-visual Essay» and one on «Photo film». Since 2022, teaches scriptwriting and editing at the Arts of Sound
and Image Master in Caldas da Rainha School of Arts and Design – Polytechnic of Leiria. Has recently finished the long-feature documentary film Santa Iria, produced by Terratreme with the financial support of ICA, now in the distribution stage (after a previous exhibition in the Lisbon Screenings section of IndieLisboa – 21.º International Film Festival, 2024, it was selected for the National Competition section of IndieLisboa – 22.º International Film Festival, 2025). Among other projects, is currently developing the experimental short film Revelations, in phase of financing, having received development support from the FCG, and obtained production support from the GDA Foundation.
Filmography:
Santa Iria
Documentary | 180’ | 2025
Parisian Chronicle
Fiction | 24’ | 2012
Pedro Calapez – Works of the Gaze
Documentary | 48’ | 2009
Season
Fiction | 35mm | 32’ | 2007
The Finger
Fiction | 16mm | 6’ | 2005
Out of the Nature of Things
Documentary | 36’ | 2003
Honourable Mention at International Film Festival of Fine Arts, Szolnok (Hungary), 2004
Fernando Calhau – Work in Progress
Documentary | 40’ | 2001
Video installation:
Football Playground
«A City of Football», Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon, April 2004