Alexandra Ramires graduated in 2010 with a degree in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Lisbon. She has been working in animation since 2009. In 2013, she moved to Porto to work at the animation studio of the production company Bando à Parte, now a cooperative called BAP - Estúdio de Animação, of which she is a founding member. She is the director of the film ELO (2020) and co-director, together with Laura Gonçalves, of the films Água Mole
(2017) and Percebes (2024).