Andrea Arnold

Infobox Actor
name = Andrea Arnold

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birthdate = birth date and age|1961|4|5|df=y
location = Dartford, Kent, England
occupation = film director and actress
spouse =
academyawards = Best Short Film, Live Action
2005 "Wasp"
baftaawards = Most Promising Newcomer
2006 "Red Road"

Andrea Arnold (born 5 April 1961) is an Academy Award winning filmmaker and former actress from England, who made her feature length directorial debut in 2006 with "Red Road".

Early TV Work

Andrea Arnold first came to prominence as an actress and television presenter alongside Sandi Toksvig, Nick Staverson and Neil Buchanan in the children's television show No. 73. This Saturday morning show on ITV, in which she played Dawn Lodge, had a similar premise to that of The Kumars at No. 42 in the way that the show was part sitcom, part chat show and based at a domestic residence. In addition to these parts, the show had the usual mix of music, competitions and cartoons (such as Roger Ramjet) that was in keeping to the formula of British Saturday morning children's TV of the 1980s.

In 1988 No. 73 had morphed into 7T3, with the set being moved from the Maidstone house (in fact in TVS studios in Kent) to that of a theme park. This revamp would only last the season, but Andrea would be seen for another two years in the same timeslot as part of the Motormouth presenting team. In 1990 she presented and wrote for the environmental awareness show for teens, A Beetle Called Derek. This also featured Benjamin Zephaniah and gave exposure to The Yes/No People of Stomp fame.

Directing

The Dartford native put her days presenting children's TV well behind her when she won an Oscar for her gritty, live-action short film, "Wasp", in 2004. [http://film.guardian.co.uk/gallery/image/0,,-1030329468011,00.html]

"Red Road" is the first instalment of Advance Party, a planned set of three conceptually-related films by different first-time directors. Set on a grim, windswept housing estate in Glasgow, the revenge-themed story centres 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. Screen International critic Allan Hunter said the film was "likely to emerge as one of the discoveries of this year's Cannes Film Festival (2006)." [http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22052006/325/europe-eclipses-hollywood-hot-year-cannes.html]

Arnold won the 2007 BAFTA for Best Newcomer and £10,000 for directing "Red Road".

External links

*imdb name|id=0036349|name=Andrea Arnold
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5000720.stm Cannes director urges CCTV debate] , BBC News Online, 20 May 2006
* [http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,1924958,00.html 'I like darkness'] , "The Guardian", 18 October 2006

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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Film director
DATE OF BIRTH= 1961-4-5
PLACE OF BIRTH= Dartford, Kent, England
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