Val Gameiro was born in Mozambique, in a city called Lourenço Marques, which has since been renamed Maputo.
Val's first video camera was given to him by his maternal grandfather, Artur Monteiro. It has a point and shoot JVC MiniDV camcorder, but his first prosumer camera, a Panasonic HVX200 was a gift from his parents, Fatima and Walter Gameiro.
Val speaks 4 languages: Portuguese (fluent), English (fluent), Spanish (fluent), French (rusty).