Cristina Amaral attended the School of Communication and Arts (ECA) of University of São Paulo, where she pursued a Bachelors in Fine Arts degree with an emphasis in Film. As film editor some of her credits are Buccaneer Soul (1996), Falsa Loura (2007), Serras da desordem (2006) e Abaixo a Gravidade (2017). More recently, she has been working alongside a new generation of directors such as Adirley Queirós, Joana Pimenta, Djin Sganzerla e Jo Serfaty. She was married to Andrea Tonacci until his death, in 2016.