Andrea Arnold

Andrea Arnold

Andrea Arnold was born on the 5th of April 1961. She is a director and actress from the UK. Her debut in feature film directing was in 2006 with a film called Red Road.

Her life as a children TV presenter was soon fled once she won, “Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film” for Wasp, in 2005, due to its kitchen sink realism feel and looks which encapsulated the audience into a tragic story.

Another one of her films is Red Road, the first installment of Advance Party, a planned set of three conceptually-related films by different first-time directors. Set on a housing estate in Glasgow, the revenge-themed story centers on a CCTV (security TV cameras) operator who develops an obsession with someone she observes, for reasons that become clear through the progress of the film. The picture has won the British director comparisons with established names such as Michael Haneke and Lars von Trier. Critic Allan Hunter said the film was "likely to emerge as one of the discoveries of this year's. It went on to win the Jury Prize at Cannes that year.

Andera Arnold won the 2007 BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer for directing Red Road as well as being nominated for other awards. In 2009 she still couldn’t stop winning awards as her film Fish Tank premiered at Cannes Film Festival, where she once again won the Jury Prize. The film also went on to win the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film in 2010.