Filmmaker and producer. Holds a degree in journalism from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), and has since worked as a theatrical director and actor. During his formative years, however, he was mostly involved with television and pop culture, having directed music videos for singers and music groups of the likes of Paralamas do Sucesso, Skank, Lenine, Pedro Luís e a Parede, and Ney Matogrosso, as well as advertising pieces and documentaries for television channels. He worked at TV Globo’s Documentation Center from 1980 to 1983. Also for Globo, he directed the weekly sitcom Juba e Lula. In 1991, he became one of the founders of TVzero, and throughout the 1980s he served as director for another production company, Antevê. From 2002 onwards, he leaned more heavily towards cinema, having directed the films Pindorama – A Verdadeira História dos Sete Anões (2007) – co-directed by Lula Queiroga and Leo Crivellare -, Hebert de Perto (2006, in partnership with Pedro Bronz), and A Pessoa é para o que Nasce (2005). In 2014 he premiered the fiction feature film A Senhora das Imagens, about the psychiatrist Nise da Silveira. Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro.