Rodrigo studied music before starting his career as a model maker in São Paulo and England. After returning to Brazil, he attended a mission school and became a missionary, initially as an aircraft mechanic and later as a filmmaker. He was born in November 1976 in São Paulo and has been married to Rita since 2001. Rita is a journalist who worked for World Vision and completed a master’s degree in England during her time living there with Rodrigo.She is 48 years old. Lost in the Maze is our second film together. The first one was Tomorrow, a documentary about Brazilians in the UK, created as the final project for Rita's master’s degree in documentary filmmaking.