Joanna Arnow
Joanna Arnow is a freelance filmmaker and cinematographer based in Brooklyn. She provides full film production services to a wide range of corporate and non-profit clients as well as artists. Her approach to documentaries, fiction and web content is highly creative, visual and story-driven.
i hate myself :) (2017)
Nebbishy filmmaker Joanna Arnow documents her yearlong relationship with racially charged poet-provocateur James Kepple. What starts out as an uncomfortably intimate portrait of a dysfunctional relationship and protracted mid-twenties adolescence, quickly turns ... (more)
Nebbishy filmmaker Joanna Arnow documents her yearlong relationship with racially charged poet-provocateur James Kepple. What starts out as an uncomfortably intimate portrait of a dysfunctional relationship and protracted mid-twenties adolescence, quickly turns ... (more)
Bad at Dancing
(2015)
A perpetual third wheel and awkward outsider, Joanna increasingly inserts herself into the relationship of her more charismatic roommate Isabel. The two women test each other's sexual and emotional boundaries in this surreal manifestation of jealous rivalry. (more)
A perpetual third wheel and awkward outsider, Joanna increasingly inserts herself into the relationship of her more charismatic roommate Isabel. The two women test each other's sexual and emotional boundaries in this surreal manifestation of jealous rivalry. (more)
Staycation (2016)
Unforeseen circumstances have brought a man to New York City alone. A trip that was meant for him and his girlfriend — they were to see a show — is now just him. And there’s something off about his Airbnb. (more)
Unforeseen circumstances have brought a man to New York City alone. A trip that was meant for him and his girlfriend — they were to see a show — is now just him. And there’s something off about his Airbnb. (more)
Chained for Life (2018)
A beautiful actress struggles to connect with her disfigured co-star on the set of a European auteur's English-language debut. (more)
A beautiful actress struggles to connect with her disfigured co-star on the set of a European auteur's English-language debut. (more)
Wet Shapes (2017)
Wet Shapes are America's most beloved friend and pet but they're under attack by Wet Shapes Degenerative Disease. Join us in a telethon to fund the cure, (more)
Wet Shapes are America's most beloved friend and pet but they're under attack by Wet Shapes Degenerative Disease. Join us in a telethon to fund the cure, (more)
Laying Out (2019)
This tersely lyrical meditation on sex and gender roles from Joanna Arnow features two fed-up mermaids lounging on a beach, drinks in hand, as they vent and commiserate over underacknowledged frustrations and unspoken desires. (more)
This tersely lyrical meditation on sex and gender roles from Joanna Arnow features two fed-up mermaids lounging on a beach, drinks in hand, as they vent and commiserate over underacknowledged frustrations and unspoken desires. (more)
Short documentary about the occupy movement. (more)
The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (2023)
A fragmented, experiential look at the life of a woman as time passes in her long-term casual BDSM relationship, low-level corporate job, and quarrelsome Jewish family. (more)
A fragmented, experiential look at the life of a woman as time passes in her long-term casual BDSM relationship, low-level corporate job, and quarrelsome Jewish family. (more)