Person
Frances Arpaia
Directing · Born 1984-01-11 · New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Biography
Frances Arpaia is a queer trans woman who lives in Brooklyn and makes weird films. She sort of has a masters degree in Screen Studies from Brooklyn College and occasionally works as a freelance film scholar. Most of the time she is busy making her own films which explore everything from queer life in Brooklyn and the struggles of community and connection, to longform experimental works including feature length performance pieces and video-art shitposts. Apparently people even watch them.
Known for
Disclosure
Researcher
52 Short Films
Director
A Trans with a Movie Camera
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Almost! A Summer of Trans Poetry
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Sissy Sorcery
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Rooms
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Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny
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Fifty Two Short Films in a New York Minute
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A Roar in the Dark
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Tomorrow and the Next Day...
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Filmography
- 2026Two Dreams About the End of the WorldDirector
- 2026In Space No One Can Hear You RoarDirector
- 2025TranssssssisssssstorssssssDirector
- 2025A Sojourn in the NecropolisDirector
- 2025Exposed FleshDirector
- 2025Trans ActualitiesDirector
- 2024CapacitorsDirector
- 2023I put on the Glasses but still I could not seeDirector
- 20222 Gurls 1 JugDirector
- 2022The Next Day and Tomorrow...Director
- 2021Luck Be a Lady TonightDirector
- 2021Spooky NY t4tDirector
- 202152 Short FilmsDirector
- 2021Fifty Two Short Films in a New York MinuteDirector
- 2021Sissy SorceryDirector
- 2021Two Trans Girls Kissing for Ten Hours no. 4Director
- 2021DIODEsDirector
- 2020Two Trans Girls Kissing for Ten Hours no. 3Director
- 2020DisclosureResearcher
- 2020Two Trans Girls Kissing for Ten Hours no. 2Director
- 2020Two Trans Girls Kissing for Ten Hours no. 1Director
- 2019Emma DuruttiDirector
- 2019TransistorsDirector
- 2019Almost! A Summer of Trans PoetryDirector
- 2019Itsy Bitsy Teeny WeenyDirector
- 2019New York CounterpointDirector
- 2019RoomsDirector
- 2019Splish SplashDirector
- 2019FORM FILMDirector
- 2019ATALAYA IDirector
- 2019Tunafish Sandwich PieceDirector
- 2018A Trans with a Movie CameraDirector
- 2018Let's Go to the Trans Ladies PicnicDirector
- 2015Tomorrow and the Next Day...Director
- 2015TubesDirector
- 2015A Roar in the DarkDirector
- 2011A Phantom Ride on the Evergreen BranchDirector
- —To My Dearest XDirector
- —P.S.Director
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