Born in Minas Gerais, Brazil, in 1984. He is a director and screenwriter, and also founding partner of Filmes de Plástico, an audiovisual production company created in 2009. He graduated in history from PUC-Minas and graduated in cinema from Escola Livre de Cinema de Belo Horizonte. Oliveira made the short movies “Ghosts” (2010), “Domingo” (2011), “About a Month” (2013), awarded at film festivals such as Cannes and IndieLisboa, and “Backyard” (2015). He directed the feature films “She Comes Back on Thursday” (2014, 38th Mostra), winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Buenos Aires Film Festival, and “Long Way Home” (2018, 42nd Mostra), presented at the Locarno Film Festival. In 2022, André was a member of the Jury of the 46th Mostra.