Biography
Jennifer Arnold is an Emmy-nominated director who was raised a drama-geek / skateboard kid in Santa Barbara, California. Her summers were spent living off the grid, without electricity, in the Trinity Alps and Alaskan wilderness with her extended family. She became a world traveler at age sixteen; moved to Kenya at nineteen and continues to work and travel abroad. She credits her story sense to her adventurous upbringing. In the episodic space Arnold has most recently directed "Based on a True Story," "P-Valley" and the pilot for "XO Kitty." which went number one on Netflix within 24 hours. Her other television credits include "Emily in Paris," "American Horror Story," "Younger," "Shameless," "The L-Word: Generation Q," "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," and "The Last Man on Earth among others. Her independent and documentary work has premiered at prestigious festivals around the world, including four appearances at Sundance. Arnold's feature documentary A Small Act (HBO) won the Humanitas Prize, a NAMIC Vision Award, and was nominated for the Best Documentary Emmy. Her other documentaries include The Diplomat (ESPN), Tig (Netflix), and Thicker Than Water, about Greg Louganis for ESPN's 30 for…
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American Horror Story (2011) — Director
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013) — Director
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Shameless (2011) — Director
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Emily in Paris (2020) — Director
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Atypical (2017) — Director
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The Last Man on Earth (2015) — Director
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Good Girls (2018) — Director
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XO, Kitty (2023) — Director
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P-Valley (2020) — Director
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Younger (2015) — Director
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A.P. Bio (2018) — Director
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American Housewife (2016) — Director
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Based on a True Story (2023) — Director
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Ghosted (2017) — Director
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The L Word: Generation Q (2019) — Director
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Dollface (2019) — Director
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Single Parents (2018) — Director
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Fat Camp (2017) — Director
- Maid of Honor (1999) — Director
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A Small Act (2010) — Director
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American Mullet (2001) — Director
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The Diplomat (2013) — Director
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Where the Girls Are (2003) — Director
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Thicker Than Water (2015) — Director