Andrea Arnold is British filmmaker and writer, her film Wasp won Oscar in category for Best Short Film, in 2005. Andrea's next film Red Road won Jury Prize on Cannes Film festival in 2006. Andrea's second short film Dog won The Jameson Award for Best Film at Brief Encounters 2001. It also screened at Critics Week Cannes,2002. Her first short Milk was officially selected for competition at Cannes Film Festival (Critics Week ’98), and also selected for Best of Critics Week,Cannes, ’99. It screened at 30 International Festivals, and was described by Film Review as 'An oustanding short film'. Andrea also directs natural history programmes from all over the world for UK network television. Previously she was well known as one of the characters in the UK’s cult TV series No37 before going to study filmmaking at The American Film Institute in Los Angeles.
She is invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Live Action Short Films Branch) in 2005.