Jose Miguel Ribeiro was born on January 18th, 1966, in Amadora. He studied Fine Arts – Painting – at Escola Superior de Belas Artes de Lisboa and Animated Film Direction at Lazannec-Bretagne, Rennes, and at Filmografo, Porto. He has directed several short motion pictures, most notably The Egg and The Queen's Feast. In 2012, he founded the film production company Praca Filmes. In the same year, he directed The Energy of the Earth is Enough for Everyone, which was later selected for the 2013 Annecy International Competition. In addition to animation and illustration, Ribeiro's main focus in recent years has been on teaching, production and filmmaking.