Lucas Fidalgo Knoeller was born in 1998 in Brazil. At the age of 18, he moved to Portugal and began the studies in Journalism and Communication, with a minor in European Studies at the University of Coimbra.

Lucas cultivates great contact with cinema since the childhood. He often participated in many cinema sessions and small audiovisual productions during his high school. He also have a special interest for photography. Recently, he participated in the 9th Cinemalogia course (by Caminhos Film Festival) and directed the short film "Artificial Horizon", under the guidance of Sebastião Salgado.