filmmaker screenwriter casting director
based in lisbon · working internationally
currently distribution · Homeseek
Brazilian filmmaker, screenwriter and casting director based in Lisbon. Independent practice across cinema, advertising and short form, with selections at Cannes Short Film Corner, Aesthetica and the international festival circuit.
His shorts have been backed by international co-productions and screened at Cinemateca Portuguesa, Queer Porto, MIX México and Mansfield. As a screenwriter he has placed at Guiões, FRAPA and Script Lab PLOT — three feature scripts currently in development.
Raw emotional honesty. Striking visual poetry.
— working principles · since 2012
Under DBG Casting he serves advertising and commercial productions in Portugal and internationally — casting work funds the directorial practice and stays a separate channel.
Synopsis
How do we face the ghosts that cannot speak? In a secluded beach house, a young man begins to uncover what was meant to stay hidden.
Synopsis
Teresa, a Brazilian immigrant in Lisbon, is running out of places to live. Between sexist landlords and hollow real estate promises, home becomes something she can't access. As the search consumes her, something inside her begins to shift.
Synopsis
A Brazilian woman. A religious Portuguese village. Cruising in the bushes, and a secret queer bar. What could go wrong?
trailer · 2023
trailer · 2025
teaser · 2026
in post
completed · 2014
feature · in dev
feature · in dev
short · in dev
short · in post
advertising
advertising
advertising
advertising · award
advertising
advertising
advertising
Open to feature collaborations, short film co-productions, advertising direction, and casting briefs. DBG Casting (commercial) shares the same inbox for now.