Wahrmann Michael, Director and Screenwriter, was born in 1979 in Montevideo, Uruguay. At the age of six, he emigrated to Israel. During his adolescence, he participated in left wing movements, organizing demonstrations and seminars for peace and the end of the conflict in the Middle East. At 18, he was drafted and was a sailor for three years. In 2000, he started experimenting with photography and literature. In 2001, he participated of the photo exhibit “Testing 123″ in the Hottentot Gallery. The same year, he won a “mention with honors” in the short story competition “La Palabra Limpia” in Uruguay. In 2002, he joined the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, where he discovered a passion for video and film. The first year, he won the “Award for excellence” in his studies. In 2004, he moved to Sao Paulo and received a scholarship to study film at the FAAP University. He graduated in 2007. In 2009, he founded Sancho Films, with director of photography Lucas Rached. At the same year, the duo won the Incentive Award for Short Film of the São Paulo Cultural Department, to make a documentary about the “Immigrant House” where they take care of illegal immigrants in Sao Paulo.