Andrea Arnold

Andrea Arnold

• She was born on April 5th 1961 in Dartford, Kent.
• She is an actress and a writer and is well known for the films; No. 73, Fish Tank and American Honey.
• She has won one Oscar, 59 wins and 26 nominations altogether for awards.
• Won an Academy Award for her film, Wasp, in 2005.
• She was name a, Screen International Star of Tomorrow.
• Also, Andrea Arnold won the 2007 BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for producing the film, Red Road.
• The film, Fish Tank, premiered at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, where she again won the Jury Prize.
• She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to the film industry.
• Fish Tank also won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film in 2010.
• American Honey had its world premiere and competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
• For the film, American Honey, it featured both professional and non - actors who were found through construction sites, parking lots and on beaches. The lead, Sasha Lane, was spotted by Arnold on a beach during spring break.
• In 2013 she was named as a member of the jury at the 70th Venice International Film Festival Also, in 2014 Arnold was announced as the chair of the jury for International Critics Week at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival