Andrea Arnold
Andrea Arnold
Andrea Arnold, OBEis an English filmmaker and former actress. She won an Academy Award for her short film Wasp in 2005 and has since made the leap to feature films and television, including Red Road and American Honey, both of which won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Most recently, she directed two episodes of the Emmy-winning series Transparent...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth5 April 1961
nice kids cowboy
I grew up with a lot of Hollywood films. Cozy farm houses, cowboys, nice flats in New York. Especially as a kid, those things have a huge impression on you.
thinking empathy done
I always think that if you look at anyone in detail, you will have empathy for them because you recognize them as a human being, no matter what they've done.
character really-living
When your characters are really living they tell you what they do.
passion thinking people
I wonder whether my bleak-o-meter is set differently from other people's. I have such passion for what I do that I can't see it as bleak. When people use that word, or “grim” or “gritty,” I just think, “Oh, come on, look a bit deeper.” My films don't give you an easy ride. I can see that. The sense I get is that people have quite a physical experience with them. They feel afterwards that they've really been through something.
I've not used a score in any of my films so far.
I'm fascinated with what an audience will take away from an image.
films
Usually, I make such small-budget films that I can't afford to buy weather.
Sometimes when you're going fast, your instincts can be very useful.
acted cast massive obviously opportunity
Obviously when you cast someone who hasn't acted before it can be a massive opportunity for them.
I want to try and be instinctive as a writer and director.
I was a freestyle dancer; I wasn't trained.
course life people work
People ask, 'Are your things autobiographical?,' and I think, no, they're not autobiographical directly, but of course my life has informed my work.