Filmmaker, photographer and artist. Creates documentaries, video art and digital art in various media. Worked with photography and advertising from 1970 to 1985. Beginning in 1986, Soares created authorial works aired by TV Cultura (São Paulo), TV ZDF (Germany), TV Arte (France), among others. His piece Wai’á Xavante (1989) was featured in the exhibition Made in Brasil: Três décadas do vídeo brasileiro, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil (2003), an overview of relevant Brazilian video art pieces from the past few decades. He has featured in exhibitions in Brazil and abroad and was awarded the Best National Documentary prize by the Brazilian Documentarists Association, the Official Jury Prize for Best Video at the XXII Guarnicê Film Festival, the Best Cinematography prize at Cine Ceará, the Best Experimental Film prize at CineAmazônia, and the Special Prize at Festival de Cinema e Cultura dos Povos (Peoples’ Film and Culture Festival) in Ceará, among others.