Vasco Sá was born in Porto, in 1979. He graduated in Sound and Image at the Escola das Artes da Universidade Católica do Porto, having specialized in Animation. His co-direction of the film Obtuso (Obtuse) marked the end of his academic training and since then he has been involved in various projects. Working for the production company Sardinha em Lata, he was part of the team that created Os Olhos do Farol (Eyes of the Lighthouse) by Pedro Serrazina, and Viagem a Cabo Verde (Journey to Cape Verde) by José Miguel Ribeiro.
The film O Sapateiro (The Shoemaker) is his most recent project, co-directed with David Doutel.