Bio

Beth de Araújo is a Writer and Director nominated for the 2022 Gotham Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award for her debut feature film, Soft & Quiet, which premiered at the SXSW 2022 Film Festival and was acquired by Blumhouse and distributed by eOne.

Her sophomore feature film, JOSEPHINE premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival in U.S. Dramatic Competition and won the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize.

Araújo’s Moth story, Don’t Move, based on the screenplay, JOSEPHINE participated in the 2018 Sundance Directors Lab, is a recipient of the SFFILM Rainin Filmmaking Grant, and the Dolby Institute Fellowship. Her AFI Directing Workshop for Women short film is based on her Gawker essay, I Want To Marry A Creative Jewish Girl.

Araújo has a BA in Sociology from The University of California Berkeley and an MFA from the American Film Institute. Her mother is Chinese-American and her father is from Brazil. She was born and raised in San Francisco with her three sisters and is a dual citizen of both Brazil and the United States.