Dan Arnés is a filmmaker from NYC. His short film Please Enjoy Your Stay, an absurdist dark comedy featuring cast from The Bear and I Think You Should Leave, was an official selection at the Maryland Film Festival and Nitehawk Shorts Festival, where it won the Audience Award. His work has been featured in The Paris Review, Vulture, and NoBudge. 

He recently served as editor and writer for Stavros Halkias’s Stavvy Gets Ripped. His other editing credits include documentary features/series for Park Pictures (assistant editor on Soul Patrol, Sundance 2026), PBS (associate editor on Change Not Charity, dir. Jim LeBrecht of Crip Camp), ESPN Films (30 for 30: Empire Skate, Tribeca 2025), and short-form work for Meta x Met Gala 2025, Smithsonian, and Crooked Media. He is a member of The Alliance of Documentary Editors and BIPOC Doc Editors.

He’s composed music for MoMA, HBO’s Animals, and scored The Scout, which premiered at Tribeca 2025. Formerly frontman of experimental pop band Leapling (Exploding in Sound, Father/Daughter), he’s performed with Mitski and Japanese Breakfast, and received praise from NPR and VICE. He’s a contributor to NTS Radio and The Lot Radio.

arnes.daniel@gmail.com