When did you realised you wanted to be a Filmmaker\Actor\Writer?

Since I was a little boy, I watched Super 8 movies at home, such as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Spielberg's "Jaws", throughout my career I have always been passionate about images, music and photos. In 1995 I took a theater course with Chico de Assis (actor) and Fauzi Arap (author) renowned in Brazil.

In 1997, with the premature death of my father, I had to solve family problems and business, putting my life on a parallel road, but during the pandemic in which I had to be confined, my imagination woke up and I went back to studying and creating short films.

Do you remember your first time at the Movies?

In 2020 I kick my head at a Light Pole in Rome seen a watching footage from a movie and on 2021 "Pretty"that was my first work.

If you should change country where would you like to work?

I am Brazilian and Portuguese citizen, I think cinema today is Global, so I could work anywhere.

Two films that have marked your life for better or for worse… 

 "Clockwork Orange" and "Das Weisse Band" for better and no one for worse.

What do you think about Acting/ filmmaking schools?

They can direct and teach your vision and talent to create what inspires you.

Have you ever hated your ambition?

When I was little I exchanged a raffle ticket for a ball with a friend and the number that was drawn was the one I gave him and my mother said that when I was born the doctor said that I cried too much. This way I learned to deal with frustrations and criticism from an early age.

Hate is not part of me.

Francois Truffaut used to think that "Film Lovers are sick people”… was  he right?

I think a filmmaker does, because he needs to express all his feelings on screen. I think anyone who loves cinema is just sic, if you think what's on the screen is true.

Close your eyes…if I say “Cinema” what do you see? 

The mix of sound and vision that became art.

Who’s the Director\Actor\Writer that taught you the most?

Truffaut, Kubrick, Polanski, Brian de Palma, Ridley and Tony Scott.

About your job, tell us your biggest dream and your worst nightmare…

The biggest is to be invite on great Project and Festival and the worst to not be involved on them.

How important is to have a good Cinematographic Culture?

Because it can broaden your vision and style in project development.

What would you like to improve as a Filmmaker?

The social conscience because society today is divided feeding a lot of hatred.

A big producer give you the chance to direct\to play (in) the remake of one of your favorite black and white Movie (if you have one)… what film do you choose?

Any black and white Truffaul movie but the one I would really like to remake is Tony Scott's The Hunger.

Film Industry it’s a tough place and sometimes is normal to feel lost and discouraged… who’s the person that keeps you motivated?

My wife.

Alfred Hitchcock said: "To make a good film you need 3 things: The script, the script and the script".  Do you agree with him? What’s your most ambitious project for the future?

When you don't have imagination, a script is necessary, but what would a script be without imagination and creation? ....and my most ambitious is my project called "The Hill" which is a dramedia that tells the story of a piece of land inherited by a 19-year-old young man who had nothing to do with it.

Do you think that sadness or at least melancholy let be more creative?

Of course.

What do you wish to yourself as a Filmmaker?

I have basic training as a Filmmaker and an actor and a very beginner as a writer and, like all work and creation, I evolve over time and create more projects.