Director and screenwriter born in Recife, Pernambuco. He directed the feature films Baile Perfumado (Best Film at the Brasília Film Festival 1996), Árido Movie (Venice 2005), Cartola – Music for the Eyes (2007), O Homem que Engarrafava Nuvens (IDFA 2009), Sangue Azul (Berlin 2015), Acqua Movie (Rio Festival 2019) and CAFI (Rio Festival 2021).