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name: "Jennifer Arnold"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "6 May 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T00:55:19.589662+00:00"
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# Jennifer Arnold

Director. Born 6 May 1979 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 6 May 1979, Santa Barbara, California, USA
- **Also known as:** Jen Arnold

## Biography

Jennifer Arnold is a television and film director. She attended UCLA's Graduate Film School after studying African history as an undergraduate at UCLA and the University of Nairobi.

Her episodic credits include *Shameless* (2011), *American Horror Story* (2011), *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), *The Last Man on Earth* (2015), *Emily in Paris* (2020), *P-Valley* (2020) and *XO, Kitty* (2023). Her feature documentary *A Small Act* (2010) won the Humanitas Prize and a NAMIC Vision Award and received an Emmy nomination for Best Documentary.

Arnold's independent and documentary work has screened at Sundance on four occasions. She lives in Los Angeles with her wife, cinematographer Patti Lee.

*Sources: jenniferarnoldreel.com, imdb.com, filmfatales.org, televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Shameless* (2011), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)

## Also known for

- *American Horror Story* (2011), Director
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), Director
- *Emily in Paris* (2020), Director
- *Atypical* (2017), Director
- *The Last Man on Earth* (2015), Director
- *Good Girls* (2018), Director
- *XO, Kitty* (2023), Director
- *Glee: The Concert Movie* (2011), Co-Director

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