Abandoned Lisbon Law School to dedicate himself to the movies, and
founded Cine-Clube de Lisboa (CCC) with Nuno de Bragança,
João Bénard da Costa,
Pedro Tamen and Alberto Vaz da Silva. In 1962, concluded his studies at
IDHEC, Paris, France, but he says he learned more watching time and
again
Jean Renoir and 'Kenzo Mizoguchi' films than in academic film studies.