PTENES

Bio

Ten years producing for big brands.Today I build my own digital businesses.

Nando Martins, seated portrait in a black t-shirt against a light studio background

For ten years I was co-founding partner and Head of Audiovisual Production at Eyxo Content Agency ↗, in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

I directed films and audiovisual projects for brands like Toyota, Banco24Horas, John Deere, 99, TikTok, STIHL and ESPN, among others. I grew as an entrepreneur, leading teams and people. That chapter closed in 2023, when I realized it was time to look for a different way of life.

Away from offices and traditional corporate life, I chose a life with more freedom, more in line with my values as a person.

Today I'm building businesses again: as co-founder of PREP‑SE, a telemedicine platform for access to PrEP; and as a partner in Coletivo Agbelas, a cultural movement rooted in African traditions through a percussion instrument called the Agbê.

I keep growing as an entrepreneur, systems developer, filmmaker and launcher of digital products.

Along the way I learned that my physical and mental health comes first. That's why I dedicate a lot of time to forró, train capoeira whenever I can and love every kind of physical activity.

2013 to 2023

Ten years as an entrepreneur

I'm very proud to have been part of Eyxo Content Agency. I joined as a co-founding partner at 20 and left at 30. In that time we made a lot of work: I filmed across several Brazilian states and abroad too, in the United States, Portugal and the United Kingdom.

That's where I built my hard skills in the craft of filmmaking, and my soft skills too, learning to lead people and large-scale projects. I'm deeply grateful to everyone who was part of my journey in those years.

Visit Eyxo Content Agency
The five partners of Eyxo Content Agency, in Porto Alegre, 2019.
With the team in January 2020, a few weeks before the pandemic.
At SXSW, in Austin, Texas, in 2018, in front of a Kobra mural.
The Eyxo Content Agency team, in December 2019.
With César Paz in Medellín, in 2026. The friendship carried on after Eyxo, and he was the one who invited me to film the mission.

Assorted photos

Behind the camera

São Paulo, 2020.
Southern Bahia, 2024.
Búzios, 2023.
Rio Grande do Sul, 2023.
São Paulo, 2020.
In a hat, with the camera on the tripod, at the brickworks.
Uruguay, November 2022.
At a Metrocable station.
In the exhibition corridor, Uruguay, 2023.
Canyons of Rio Grande do Sul, 2021.
Porto Alegre, 2022.
São Paulo, 2020.
Búzios, 2023.
Cinema camera in hand, wearing a mask.
On the Metrocable, the cable car that is part of the city’s public transport.
Filming the pieces of the Tierra Flor series, in March 2023.
The camera ready on set, in Porto Alegre.
On one of the week’s visits.

Résumé

Professional experience

  1. 2025 to present

    Ecos de Medellín

    Director, cinematographer and editor

    Video series for Pacto Alegre and POA Inquieta, on the 7th Mission from Porto Alegre to Medellín.

    see the project →

  2. 2024 to date

    PREP-SE

    Co-founder, Head of Technology

    A telehealth platform for access to PrEP. I designed and built the sign-up, scheduling, payment and medical record flows, and the WhatsApp assistant.

    prepse.com.br

    see the project →

  3. 2024 to date

    Agbelas

    Partner, filmmaker, launch strategist

    In charge of the brand's digital products from start to finish: concept and strategy, scriptwriting, directing, shooting, editing and color grading the lessons, web design, front end and back end of the website, email marketing, launch and sales.

    agbelas.com.br

    see the project →

  4. Jan to Sep 2024

    Brasil com B maiúsculo

    Creator, director, interviewer and editor

    More than 20 interviews recorded on the road, with a single question: what is Brazil to you? Promoted by Alright Media.

    see the project →

  5. 2022 to 2023

    Horneros

    Director of photography and colorist · UY/BR short film

    A film with designer Heloísa Crocco, directed by Tyrone Rodovalho, about people who build their homes from the clay they stand on. Shown in Uruguay, São Paulo and at Farol Santander Porto Alegre. Official Selection, Mostra de Cinema das Missões 2025.

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  6. 2020

    SXSW 2020: O futuro que não aconteceu

    Direction, cinematography, color grading, editing and production · short documentary

    A short documentary about the cancellation of SXSW 2020 in Austin, Texas, at the start of the pandemic. Made by Eyxo Content Agency with White Rabbit.

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  7. 2020

    99: São Paulo’s Anniversary

    Director of photography · film series

    Three films for 99 celebrating São Paulo’s anniversary, with stories of passengers and a partner driver. Made by Eyxo Content Agency.

    see the project →

  8. 2019

    STIHL: Ideias que Florescem

    Producer, director and director of photography · web series

    Three episodes at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, hosted by Carol Costa, about Pró-Florescer, a project that trains young people in gardening with STIHL’s support.

    see the project →

  9. 2013 to 2023

    Eyxo Content Agency

    Co-founding partner, Head of Audiovisual Production · Porto Alegre, RS

    Ten years as a partner in an audiovisual production company, with productions for brands like John Deere, Carrefour, 99, STIHL, ESPN and Unicred, shot across Brazil, the United States, Portugal and the United Kingdom.

    eyxo.com.br

Education

  1. 2015 to 2020

    Visual Design

    ESPM Sul · Porto Alegre, RS

    ESPM

    The first classroom where the subject actually interested me. I graduated while working full time at the production company.

  2. 2011 to 2014

    Business Administration

    UFRGS · Porto Alegre, RS

    UFRGS

    Three years in without feeling it was mine, so I left to follow what interested me.