Beth Barnes is a writer/director born in Glasgow, Scotland who currently resides in Cologne, Germany. She spent half of her childhood in Switzerland after her family relocated there in 2009 and writes and works in English and German.

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Beth is interested in interweaving magical realism and empathetic storytelling. 

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She graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Film with a focus on Screenwriting from the Zurich University of the Arts in June 2025.

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From September 2025 onward she has taken the plunge into writing for serial formats with a Masters in Serial Storytelling at the International Filmschool of Cologne, Germany. 

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Beth works as a freelance filmmaker and has also worked in advertising as a production assistant. She has additionally worked as a translator at various film events.

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