He completed a filmmaking degree at Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV de Cuba in 1989. He has coordinated the collective TV production company TV Viva since 1994, and has been a member of the group since 1984. He has directed several documentaries on the cultures of Afro-Brazilians, of the state of Pernambuco, and of Latin America, such as Desde Cuba hasta Pernambuco; Desde Pernambuco hasta Cuba, both from 2005; Recife/Dakar; and Dakar/Recife, from 2010. He is the director of the TV Brasil show Som Rural. Lives and works in Recife.