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Andrea Arnold

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Andrea Arnold

Born April 5, 1961 in Dartford, Kent, England11 films

Andrea Arnold, OBE (born 5 April 1961; Dartford) is an English filmmaker and former actor. She won an Academy Award for her short film Wasp in 2005. Her feature films include Red Road (2006), Fish Tank (2009), and American Honey (2016), all of which have won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Arnold has also directed four episodes of the Amazon Prime Video series Transparent, as well as all seven episodes of the second season of the HBO series Big Little Lies. Her documentary Cow premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival and played at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival.

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Bird posterFirst watchBird20247.212-year-old Bailey lives with her single dad Bug and brother Hunter in a squat in North Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids, and Bailey, who is approaching puberty, seeks…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Fish Tank poster6.9Fish Tank2009American Honey poster6.8American Honey2016Wasp poster7.2Wasp2003Red Road poster6.5Red Road2006Wuthering Heights poster5.9Wuthering Heights2011Cow poster6.4Cow2022

Filmography

11 films as director
  1. TBAFeatherwoodDirector
  2. 2024BirdDirector
  3. 2022CowDirector
  4. 2016American HoneyDirector
  5. 2011Wuthering HeightsDirector
  6. 2009Fish TankDirector
  7. 2007Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)Director
  8. 2006Red RoadDirector
  9. 2003WaspDirector
  10. 2001DogDirector
  11. 1998MilkDirector