Dan Arnés Portfolio
Artwork from my film
“Please Enjoy Your Stay”
by Jonny Negron
A versatile, experienced,
and collaborative editor,
producer, and composer
with a diverse, hands-on skill set
in film, video, and podcasts.
Hey I’m Dan Arnés,
I’m a Nuyorican filmmaker,
editor, and composer.
My latest short film Please Enjoy Your Stay, a surreal dark-comedy featuring cast from The Bear, I Think You Should Leave, I Saw The TV Glow, and more was an official selection at numerous acclaimed festivals including the Maryland Film Festival, and Nitehawk Shorts Festival, where it won the Audience Award. His work has been featured in The Paris Review, Vulture, NoBudge, and Paste.
My commercial work as a producer and editor ranges across projects in film, video, and audio, including documentary features and series (ESPN Films, Ritual Arts), short form documentary (Global Citizen, Smithsonian Institution), advertising (Sonic Union), and branded content (Spotify, Sonic Union, DEPT, Arthouse)
A musician turned filmmaker, I’ve also composed music for film, TV, and podcasts. My work can be heard in-gallery at MoMA (Artful Practices for Well-Being), on the HBO series Animals, New York Television Festival, and on podcasts like Reply All. He’s also contributed to NTS Radio, Dublab, and Talkhouse.
Notable
Projects
Official Selection at:
2021 Maryland Film Festival,
2021 New York Latinx Film Festival,
The 2022 Nitehawk Film Festival
(Audience Award Winner),
2022 Athens Intl Film & Video Festival,
2022 Defy Film Festival,
2021 Long Distance Film Festival
Please Enjoy Your Stay
Film
Narrative Short (2021)
(Written, Produced, Co-Edited, Score, Sound Design)
An anxious musician finds himself
unable to leave his hotel room.
A surreal dark comedy short film featuring:
Conner O'Malley (I Think You Should Leave),
Carmen Christopher (The Bear),
Caroline Yost (Simple Town),
and myself (Inspector Ike).
I produced, wrote, co-edited, scored,
sound designed, and star in.
* (The film contains some explicit language)
Poster artwork by Jonny NegronOfficial Selection at:
2021 Maryland Film Festival,
2021 New York Latinx Film Festival,
The 2022 Nitehawk Film Festival,
2022 Athens International Film & Video Festival,
2022 Defy Film Festival,
2021 Long Distance Film Festival,
& winner of The Nitehawk Film Festival Audience Award, receiving two encore screenings at both theaters.
The film was featured in Vulture,
The Paris Review, NoBudge, and more.
Written & Produced by Dan Arnés
Directed by Tynan DeLong
Associate Producer - Sarah Wilson
DP - Ryan C. Mooney
Original Score - Dan Arnés
Main Title Theme - Sammy Weissberg
Edit - Tynan DeLong & Dan Arnés
Assistant Editor - Will Kempner
AC - Melina Valdez
Gaffer - Adam Kostandy
Location Sound - Mauricio Escamilla
Mix - Chester Endersby Gwazda
VFX - Tom Goulet
Color - Emily Bailey
“...A surreal comedy that employs an ever-shifting dream logic to explore issues of identity and artistic process. Surrounded by slips of paper with scattered notes, a man attempts to check out of a hotel room and move on with his life, whatever that may be…”
- Kentucker Audley (NoBudge) 
“Following an anxious musician who is unable to leave his hotel room, Dan Arnés’s Please Enjoy Your Stay features an exquisite score, a cast of absurd characters, and witty jabs at the vapidity of the music industry.” - Long Distance Film Festival 
Commercial Work
(editor &/or producer)
Selected work in feature/series/short form documentary, web content, branded, & more.
(documentary)
features, series, short form
Untitled ESPN Films Documentary
Assistant editor on an upcoming unannounced ESPN Films feature documentary.
Release date TBD 2024.
Client
ESPN Films
Role
Assistant Editor
Year
12/01/23
I was assistant editor on Good Money, an upcoming four part documentary series from BIPOC founded and owned impact studio Ritual Arts. Directed by Farhoud Meybodi (My Last Days) and produced by Carra Greenberg (Daughters of the Sexual Revolution), Good Money explores stakeholder capitalism, showcasing remarkable stories of individuals, communities, and businesses embracing this burgeoning philosophy worldwide, leading the way in creating a more equitable and sustainable future.
Good Money
Upcoming Documentary Series - 2024
Client
Ritual Arts
Role
Assistant Editor
Year
06/06/2023
Roadmap To 36 States: The Call to End
Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria
Short-form-documentary I produced
and edited as part of Global Citizen’s
many social action oriented campaigns.
CLIENT
Global Citizen
ROLE
Producer/ Editor
YEAR
06/30/2022
Behind The Scenes at
Global Citizen Live in Rio
Featurette I produced and edited for the
Global Citizen Live 2022 promotional campaign.
CLIENT
Global Citizen
ROLE
Producer/ Editor
YEAR
02/15/2022
(web content)
Liberal Tiers: The Best of Liberal Tiers 2023
Edited the year-end best-of episode of Pod Save America’s political comedy video podcast Liberal Tiers.
Client
Crooked Media
Role
Editor
Year
12/15/2023
Pop Smoke
Tries ASMR (Spotify)
Social media promo
for Spotify featuring
Pop Smoke I edited (just a few weeks before his untimely passing) via creative agency BYTE/DEPT.
CLIENT
BYTE/DEPT / Spotify
ROLE
Editor
YEAR
02/17/2018
#WelcomeKindness
on the Street
(Come From Away)
Edited and produced this man-on-the-street style comedic social media spot for the Tony Award winning musical Come From Away (via creative agency Arthouse).
CLIENT
Arthouse / Come From Away
ROLE
Producer / Editor
YEAR
01/05/2018
Creating Blue Man Group: Who are the Blue Men with Original Co-Founders
Edited this social promotional spot detailing the history of Blue Man Group.
Client
Blue Man Group
Role
Editor
Year
08/19/2016
I Blue Myself: You’re Not Alone
Assistant edited this social media promotional spot for Blue Man Group referencing their
famed appearances in Arrested Development.
CLIENT
Blue Man Group
ROLE
Assistant Editor
YEAR
05/17/2018
Composing (Podcast/ Short Film/ Multimedia)
Artful Practices for
Well-Being @ MoMA
I was composer and producer on
this series of 7 audio meditation stops
in-gallery at The Museum of Modern Art.
A multi-sensory experience centered around selected artworks, the immersive project features mindfulness practitioners sharing their skills, insights, and reflections accompanied by ambient music and soundscapes. Accompanying artworks by Henri Matisse, Yoko Ono, Betye Saar, Georgia O’Keefe, Leonara Carrington, and more.
Completed fully remote with collaborators around the world in the peak of the pandemic (when everyone, including myself needed mindfulness the most) for MoMA’s official reopening to patrons, it’s a project I’m extremely proud of.
You can listen online via MoMA here
or (better yet) in-gallery at the museum
via the MoMA mobile app.
Read more about the project
via MoMA Magazine here.
CLIENT
The Museum of Modern Art
ROLE
Producer/Composer/
Sound Design
Year
10/15/2020
