“I worked with Beto for several months through 2020 developing, researching and budgeting an ambitious project in the Amazon. His knowledge of the area is extraordinary and shortcuts a huge amount of development time: you instantly tap into years of ‘on the ground’ experience and understanding of how to navigate the region geographically, culturally and politically. His reputation and standing locally is very apparent through the huge network of contacts he can count on, which is testimony to both his professionalism and his enthusiastic and affable nature. Beto’s experience as a creative producer is invaluable in assessing whether ideas we generated in an office in London would pay off on location. He also contributes ideas throughout. While our project was cancelled due to Covid, we have stayed in touch and are pursuing other projects specifically so that we can finally work together on location.”