Biography
Director and producer (1988), graduated in Sound and Image at The Catholic University of Portugal where he did his masters in Cinema and Audiovisual. Upon graduation, André moved to Mozambique for 3 years. In 2018, he came back to Porto and create his own production company “Olhar de Ulisses”. He’s a cinematographer and editor for nationaland international productions. His debut documentary “Our Land, Our Altar”, premiered at Sheffield Doc/Fest, won Youth Jury Award at ZINEBI Festival and Emerging Director Award at the Porto/Post/Doc Int. Competition. André directed four short films: “Skin of Light”, Jury Prize at Doclisboa, “Python” (2011), winner of several international awards, “Towers” (2013) and “Saturn” (2022). He was cinematographer and editor of “The Mother and the Sea” (2013) by Gonçalo Tocha, DocLisboa national award and Best Editing at Cineport. In the last three years, André has produced several films which premiered in international festivals such as Berlinale, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Cairo IFF, Zinebi, Doclisboa, Curtas Vila do Conde, among others. He is a Berlinale Talents 2022 alumni. He’s actually working on his 1st fiction feature, “What Remains”
