Beth Miranda Botshon

Beth Miranda Botshon is a two time Emmy Award winning documentary producer. Passionate about bringing compelling untold stories into the fold, she has spent the past 15 years producing original programs that inspire and entertain. Beth currently heads up Documentary at Sesame Workshop, overseeing production of non-fiction and social impact content on topics ranging from family homelessness to racial justice.

In 2020, Beth received her first Emmy Award for the short documentary Meet Salia, which tells the story of parental addiction from the perspective of a child, offering comfort, understanding and coping strategies to families.  Following Meet Salia’s success, Beth led production on the Workshop’s first original docu-series for HBOMax, Through Our Eyes, which spotlights the perspectives of children as they experience some of the most challenging issues facing families today – homelessness, parental incarceration, military caregiving, and climate displacement. The series picked up two News and Documentary Emmy noms and one win, and is designed for adults and kids 9+ as a co-viewing experience, with each episode directed by a different renowned documentary filmmaker. Two new episodes recently launched on PBS in May of 2024.

Before joining Sesame, Beth produced various films including Firmes, a documentary for Nat Geo Mundo about Low Riders in the Bronx, Mariachi High, a PBS documentary about high-school Mariachi competitions in the US, and Odd Ones Out, a Granada doc about three transgender teens coming of age in NYC.  She also created content for non-profits and cultural institutions including the US Embassy in Nicaragua, Child Protective Services (ACS) and Riverkeeper, among others. 

When she's not out on a shoot, you'll find Beth hanging out at her partner’s art studio or planning adventures in their second home, Oaxaca, México.