What is the best thing that I love about my work? Each project is a new opportunity to create a singular, never seen, one of a kind piece. It always starts with a blank timeline and you have this incredible chance to tell a story in the most amazing, creative, interesting and ground breaking way you can find using music, pictures, graphics or whatever you can come up with to serve the story and get the message through.

What is my idea of happiness? Professionally it has to be collaborating with talented, passionate, driven, ego free and creative professionals that give 100% of themselves to the project from inception to delivery. Personally, at the end of that same day when the work is done, being able to be with my family stress free and completely relaxed. If there’s a nice sunset, feet on the sand and ocean in front of me that seems like a happy day on my books!

What is my greatest fear? I am quite optimistic and tend not to spend time thinking about bad things but in the great words of Mr Nick Cave – “My biggest fear is losing memory because memory is what we are. Your very soul and your very reason to be alive is tied up in memory.”

What is the trait that I most deplore in myself?  There is a duality in this but I take it more as a good thing than a curse. Being cautious, some might call it insecurity, but having occasional doubts or not knowing all the answers on the tip of my tong. I like to be sure and think things through as much as possible before I come up with a solution. I have read this interview with the late Eric Zumbrunnen, an editor, (please go check who he was) where he shared his stages of editing and they are: – ‘It’s going to be amazing,’ ‘I don’t know what I can do with this,’ ‘What if everyone finds out I’m a fraud?’ ‘Damn the deadline,’ and finally, the ‘I’m a genius’ point. I guess this sums it up perfectly.

Which living persons in my profession do I most admire? Renato Silva, the editor with who I have learned a lot of the things I know mainly through shadowing him when I first started working professionally. André Banza and Pedro Mouzinho, another 2 editors with an amazing creative mind and eye for detail. Kay Lottermoser, amazing director/editor, team leader and inspiration with one of the fastest creative minds and editing skills I have worked with. And last but no least Ivan Filipovic one of the most talented colourists I had the pleasure of working and sharing projects with.

What is my greatest extravagance? Spending money in music. Either vinyl or guitars and gear!

On what occasion would I lie? I rather bite the bullet than lie. My mess up, my mistakes, my clean up.

What is the thing that I dislike the most in my work? When ego gets in the way of the creative process. From my point of view while creating, either you’re writing a book, filming, editing, colouring, drawing, writing music, it’s important to give yourself the room to make mistakes and explore different angles. Never taking anything for granted but also never assume that you have all the right answers. Ego usually gets in the way of experimentation and blocks what to me is the best part of creativity. Exploring, making mistakes and solving problems to create pieces that no one has ever seen before!

When and where was I the happiest, in my work? I have to say I was quite fortunate with most companies I have worked with so far and I was really happy with waking up and putting on my working shoes everyday. But to name the top 5 and for different reasons. Até ao Fim do Mundo, Portugal. Great team of editors and the true meaning of team work. Die Paten, Berlin. Amazing team leader, Kay Lottermoser, one of the best directors/editors I have worked with to this day. Aha International Media, Berlin. Again amazing team leader, Markus Aha, and where I got the chance to work exclusively in color grading projects that ranged from tvcs, docs or Promos. Red Bull Media House, Salzburg, Austria. Producing international and meaningful content while working with a multicultural and highly creative team of professionals. From editors, executive producers and colorists. We also had a great team leader, Bjoern Miniers. Freelancing remotely from my home office. Building my editing/grading suite is, to me, a great achievement and having the ability to produce content from inception to delivery makes me extremely motivated to create more and more often.

If I could, what would I change about myself? I would have loved to start working in post production at a younger age. If there’s any advice I would give to anyone out there reading is that if you are passionate about something learn everything you can about it. All of it! Share projects with more experienced professionals and learn as much as you can from them. If possible shadow them. Never stop collaborating, never stop learning, never stop creating and producing innovative and creative pieces. To me the most important thing is to get out there and share your work with the world.

What is my greatest achievement in work? Getting the message through. Pure and simply. I think that having the chance to tell so many incredible stories and share them with our audience is always an amazing feeling especially when you were given the chance to employ all the creative tools you have been acquiring over the years and tell a meaningful story.

Where would I most like to live? There is this small island, that will remain a secret for the obvious reasons, that we have visited a few years back, me and my wife, and we completely fell in love with it. The locals, the food, the nature.. everything is pure delight. When remote work is a sure thing we both know we are going to pack our bags and get ourselves on a plane, buy a small house with a bit of land, sea view and live there.

What is my most treasured possession? I don’t really value material stuff that much but I think that all my work tools come first as I cannot create without them.

What is my most marked characteristic? Perseverance/resilience and passion for what I do. If there’s a will there’s a way, always!

What is my most inspirational location, in my city? The subway. I always tend to look at people and try to figure out what their story is but most of the time I just create one for them in my head.

What is my favourite place to eat and drink, in my city? In Berlin, Maru. In Lisbon, Cantinho do Bem Estar.

What books influenced my life and how? Davinci Resolve Manual changed my life. All kidding apart most of the books on my shelf are post production related and they have a direct influence in what I do for a living. Not really a novel guy.

You Only Die Once. What music would I listen on my last day? At the moment..No More Heroes – The Stranglers.

Who is my hero or heroine in fiction? If there was a mix between James Bond, coolness and drive, and Indiana Jones, adventure and perseverance, that would be it.