Born in the
capital of
Ceará, he spent his childhood in
Senador Pompeu. He has a degree in
business administration at the Federal University of Fortaleza. In 1984, Gomes started exchange program in
Drayton Plains, Michigan where he took his first taekwondo class. In 1991, he moved to
Los Angeles to start acting as a stunt for
Art Camacho, where he started taking small tips in film direction. With a major success with his films, Gomes directed in 2004 the short "Cine Holiúdy – the Good Guy Against the Bad Guy
", that later lead for his feature film "
Cine Holiúdy". In 2008, co-directed the
horror film "
The Morgue" along Gerson Sanginitto. After the good experience with "Cine Holiúdy", Gomes returned to the backlands of the ceára in November 2020 to shoot the film "
Bem-vinda a Quixeramobim", which will premiere at the 24th Festival du Cinéma Brésilien de Paris on April 3, 2022. Expected for the second semester of 2022, Gomes directed and wrote the series "
O Cangaceiro do Futuro" project from
Netflix's "
Mais Brasil na Tela". ==Personal life==