A writer, illustrator, musician and filmmaker, he was born in Figueira da Foz and attended António Arroio School and the School of Fine Arts in Lisbon, before moving to Madeira, where he studied at the Institute of Fine Arts.
An award-winning author in several genres, with about 30 books to his credit, he has also worked as an illustrator in dozens of fiction works for children, textbooks, the press and advertising.
In 2006 he co-founded the band The Soaked Lamb, winner of the Portuguese Revelation Band Award at the Cáceres Pop Arte Festival 2011, where he is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer and lyricist.
He has directed more than 200 films, including animation and advertising campaigns, and worked as an animator on several films and series for children. The short film «Two Diaries and a Tile Panel», which he co-directed in 2008, was shown at several international festivals and won two honourable mentions and an audience award. The many distinctions he has received throughout his career, include the Fernando Namora Prize (2015), the European Union Prize for Literature (2012), the 2011 SPA/RTP Authors Award and the National Illustration Award (2014).
He travels extensively and has visited close to 60 countries, but 11 years ago he left Lisbon and moved to the hills in a national agricultural reserve in the Alentejo, where he lives and makes his own beer.

Last updated: May 2019