André Alexandre Ribeiro Meira was born on February 19, 1998 in Portugal. He grew up with popular American cinema and wished to make filmmaking his profession from a particularly young age. He started making montages and presentations in school projects, before eventually being part of a winning video project for a high school contest promoted by Universidade de Évora. He has a Licenciatura (Bachelor's degree) in Documentary Film since 2020. Since then, he's collaborated in small projects, such as directing ad campaigns for a local children's charity - CPCJ Campo Maior, and eventually temporarily joining the public parish Junta de Freguesia de Degolados as a collaborator on audiovisual projects and social media management. For the latter, he directed a short film titled "Filhos da Freguesia" ("Children of the Village"). He also works as a freelance screenwriter online, while writing his own original scripts as well.