Director and Screenwriter. Born in Portugal, live in New York. In 1990 João Maia completed his Licenship (B.Sc) in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, in Universidade Autonoma de Lisboa and three years later completed his filmmaking course in the New York Film Academy. Worked as assistant director between 1994 and 1998 and directed several music videos, TV commercials and series.
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