His first short, Is Reinaldo Still Swimming?, won top prize at both the São Paulo Fotoptica Video Festival and the Havana Film Festival (Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano) in Havana, Cuba.
He also won three ABC Trophies for Rede Globo/O2 Filmes hit series City of Men (winning 2002 ABC Trophy for Best Cinematography in a Television Series) as well as for Sons of Carnival (Filhos do Carnaval) directed by Cao Hamburger and for cinematography of Hamburger's The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (O Ano em Que Meus Pais Sairam de Férias).