Andrea Arnold (1961) began her career aged 18 as a roller-skating presenter of the British children’s TV show No 73, before studying directing at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. She won numerous awards with her first short film Milk (1998), and went on to receive an Oscar for Wasp in 2005. Andrea Arnold can look back on an outstanding body of work. Her first feature film, the thriller Red Road (2006), won the Jury Prize in Cannes, as did Fish Tank (2009) and American Honey (2016).
