CURRENT MISSION

Freeze the world through my camera

ABOUT ME

Cinema enthusiast and independent filmmaker. Always looking for new methods of story-telling. In the meantime reads and travels around the world meeting new people, if possible doing it all together. Born in the US, grew in Brazil, lived last year in Beirut, and now is back to São Paulo.

PHILOSOPHY

Walk around without directions is the best way to know a city. Live to make long-lasting relationships that change the way I see the world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Just started out in the community as a way to not only travel around the world but to also make friendships and get to know people with the same passions.

Interests

- Filmmaking, documentaries and cinema.
- Analog photography and home developing my films. Like to travel around the flee markets in search for old cameras and expired film-stock.
- Theater.
- Art and design.

My latest project is a webseries about a photographer that goes to Lebanon, you can check it out here: http://flyingkebab.com

• arts
• theater
• design
• photography
• documentaries
• film making
• movies
• traveling

Music, Movies, and Books

Directors: Jia Zhange Ke, Wong Kar Wai, Wim Wenders, Frederico Fellini, Kieslowski, Walter Salles, Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Fernando Meirelles, William Klein, François Truffaut, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Got arrested and interrogated at the Jordanian Secret Service for taking picture of goats near the border with Israel.
- Slept with the Bedouins in Wadi Rum.
- Been part of a night photography collective taking pictures of Beirut.
- Passed a week living with the homeless population in downtown São Paulo for a documentary.
- Worked during months under two names in a Dunkin Donuts to get some extra-hours.

Teach, Learn, Share

- Love to speak about Brazil and Lebanon, the two countries that I've fallen in love with during my lifetime.
- Also will like to learn a lot about your country, what makes it singular, what you love about it, how the people are, how they communicate with each other and how stories about the past.

Countries I’ve Visited

Egypt, Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Lebanon, United States