Aquarius

He was born in 1968 in Recife, northeastern Brazil. He graduated in journalism and has worked extensively as a film critic and also as a film programmer in Recife’s top alternative cinema, Cinema da Fundacao Joaquim Nabuco. In the 90s, he made documentaries, experimental films and fiction as a videomaker. Over the last decade, major international festivals, including Rotterdam, where a retrospective of his films was part of the 2007 program. His first feature, the documentary Critico (2008), focused on the troubled relationship between filmmakers and critics through a personal series of interviews recorded over a period of eight years. Neighboring Sounds is his first fiction feature.

Selected
1997 Enjaulado/Caged In (short)
2003 A Menina do Algodao/The Little Cotton Girl (short)
2004 Vinil Verde/Green Vinyl (short)
2005 Eletrodomestica (short)
2006 Noite de Sexta, Manha de Sabado/Friday Night, Saturday Morning (short)
2008 Critico (doc)
2009 Luz Industrial Magica (short)
2010 Recife Frio/Cold Tropics (short)
2012 O Som Ao Redor/Neighboring Sounds