André has been working as a professional director in Brazil since 1986 and his work has won prizes in Brazilians festivals.

He located to London as a recipient of Brazilian grant that allowed him to train with Phillipe Gaulier amongst others.

In 1999 he founded the Anglo-Brazilian theatre company Dende Collective and has directed all its plays to date: Dona Flor and her two husbands, OneFourSeven, The Piranha Lounge, Viva Maria and Two Lost Souls on a Dirty Night.

In 2001 a Japanese grant allowed him to study Noh and Kyogen in Tokyo. He has been teaching drama at Queen Mary and Westfield College, the Method Studio, School of Science of Acting, Saint Martin's School of Design Mountview Academy of Dramatic Arts in addiction to courses for young people all over the UK and Brazil.

André has taken on the task of deepening the scenic dimension of the musical work of Nossa Voz. The result is an interesting, unusual and rich artistic mixture.