He studied painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon and began working as an illustrator in 1990. He then additionally studied animation at Lazennec-Bretagne, Rennes, and at Filmografo, Porto, directing multiple short films, such as The Suspect (1999), winner of the Cartoon d’Or (2000), Sunday Drive (2009), A Journey to Cape Verde (2010) and Fragments (2016), all of them awarded at several international festivals. In 2012, he founded the production company Praca Filmes, which premiered his short film A Energia da Terra Chega para Todos, selected at Annecy. He also directed animated child series and TV specials. His feature film Nayola premiered at the Official Section of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and was awarded with the Best Animated Film in Guadalajara.
Festival de Cine de Sevilla
