Andrea ARNOLD

Director, Script Writer

United Kingdom

Andrea Arnold © Rankin

Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Andrea Arnold was born in England. Her early short films included Milk (1998), Dog (2001), and Wasp for which she won an Academy Award in 2005. Her first feature film Red Road (2006) and second film Fish Tank (2009) competed at the Festival de Cannes and both won the Jury Prize, before being awarded at the BAFTA’s. In 2011 she completed shooting the adaptation of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights which premiered at the Venice Mostra. That same year, she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to the film industry. Andrea Arnold returned to Cannes in 2016 to present her film American Honey in Competition where she won her third Jury Prize. Arnold has also directed several episodes of the series Transparent and I Love Dick, as well the second season of the series Big Little Lies. She’s currently working on her new project, Bird.

Jury attendance

  • President Un Certain Regard, 2021
  • Member Feature films, 2012

Feature films

COW

Cannes Premiere, 2021Director

AMERICAN HONEY

In Competition - Feature Films, 2016Director, Screenplay

FISH TANK

In Competition - Feature Films, 2009Director, Screenplay

RED ROAD

In Competition - Feature Films, 2006Director, Screenplay

Awards

AMERICAN HONEY

In Competition - Feature Films, 2016
2016 Jury Prize
Director, Screenplay

FISH TANK

In Competition - Feature Films, 2009
2009 Jury Prize (Ex-Aequo)
Director, Screenplay

RED ROAD

In Competition - Feature Films, 2006
2006 Jury Prize
Director, Screenplay