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Arlene Muller is a New York-born cinematographer who seeks to push the boundaries of conventional filmmaking and embrace experimentation. She lives between the US and Spain. Currently she is in pre-production for a feature in Colombia, Meteorito, awarded the Colombian Film Fund grant for second feature and directed by Sebastian Múnera, whose first feature, La Torre, debuted at Rotterdam.
Her most recent feature, Stress Positions, was produced by Neon and had its premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. In 2022, she shot two Critic’s Choice-nominated comedy specials, A24/Peacock’s Would It Kill You to Laugh? and Netflix’s Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual. The same year, her episodic pilot, My Trip to Spain (dir. Theda Hammel) screened at the Sundance and Tribeca Film Festivals.
Arlene’s credits also include Nasir (2020, dir. Jackson Kroopf), which won the Doc NYC Grand Jury Prize and screened at the BFI Film Festival and LA Times Short Docs; and Hello Ahma (2019, dir. Siyou Tan), featured at the Berlin, Toronto, and Singapore International Film Festivals and at AFI Fest. Additional highlights include: Rolling Stone x Noah Cyrus (2023, performance), Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour Vinyl Promo (2021) and Coherence (2023, feature Film). Her feature Almost Home, filmed in Los Angeles, was nominated for best cinematography at the Woodstock Fiim Festival by a jury including Ellen Kuras, ASC. She has lensed commercial projects for Shisedo, Vogue, UGG, and Salesforce.
Arlene holds an MFA in Cinematography from the American Film Institute and a BA from the National Film School of Poland in Lodz. She is a member of the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG), speaks fluent Spanish, Polish and French, and is represented by Innovative Artists.
Press:
https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/stress-positions-review-1235882686/
https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/sundance-2024-exhibiting-forgiveness-ponyboi-stress-positions
https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/stress-positions-review-john-early-1234945448/