Arielle Egozi —writer, director, occassional rapper








                                            
                                           






A she/they creating through the perspective of a first-gen kid of immigrants in a queer body with a neurodivergent mind.

Influences include: 90s skate culture, strippers, brazilian tropicalia, vernacular modernism, mal ojos, girlhood, japanese avant-garde, brutalist web, grief rituals


  How would
       you
          describe yourself 
                in
three words?


   curious about (the) authentic.





A Manifesto

 Create with integrity, produce with intention. There is no hierarchy of the lived experience. Don’t make art that way. That being said, own what’s yours. Challenge perceived authority. Not because you can, but because the work deserves it, and so does your audience. Make the process as important – if not, more – than the outcome. Create environments of play. Make it safe to be silly, to get stupid Keep your loved ones close. Let them be there for you. Be there for them. Put the work, and yourself, in spaces that challenge it – and you. Take deep breaths when the birthing gets uncomfortable. Remember that’s just what it takes to create life, to bring forth work that’s alive. It’s hard because it’s new. Always be learning something new. Surround yourself with people who know more than you do. Ask questions. A reminder that a fancy title doesn’t mean they know more than you do. Create for yourself as audience. Create for your communities.  Your work will always be just a mere slice of representation, and even so, you have a great responsibility to them. Let your ancestors make things with you. Talk to them. Listen. Let them carry you. Follow your body’s instincts. If something doesn’t feel right, it’s not. Don’t believe anyone when they tell you “this is just how it is” when “how it is” takes your power and agency away. Learn what moves you, and what doesn’t. Stick to what moves you. Learn what moves others, and what doesn’t. Stick to what moves them. First drafts are shit. So are second and third drafts. Take the pressure off. You’re the only one putting it there. The work gets worse before it gets better. It’s not about the ego – let awards, algorithms, and advertising deals stay where they need to. It’s not about you. Even if it’s about you, it’s not about you. It’s about the awkward, real, authentic alchemy that is being a soul in a body living on this earth. It’s gross a lot of the time. Stop trying to make it perfect. Let the work live and grow into itself. Never ask “why me?” Ask “why not me?” Don’t pander to assholes. Stay yourself. Surround yourself with people who want you to succeed, and believe that you already have. Use your autism. It lets you be brave, it lets you stand up to and for people when others don’t know how. Remind yourself every day that you deserve this. That you can handle the responsibility. That you will do a better job than most who came before you. Not because you’re any better, but because you hold the humanity of others sacred. Use all the senses you have access to. Don’t let anyone label you as just having access to one. Invite others into your process. Let them see you vulnerable. Stay curious. The moment you think you know everything about anything, that thing dies. Practice patience. Practice silence. Practice failing. It’s okay to fail. It’s okay to win. It’s okay to be right where you are, in this moment. Remember that the only thing you’re moving towards is death.  





TV & FILM
The School For Good Boys
A Dominatrix runs a reform school 
for fuckboys.

    


                                             
IN POST:

Hold Still
A queer little girl’s first shave.

IN PRE-PRODUCTION:

WASIAN | short
Dark satire centering an Asian actor willing to become someone else to finally be seen.

SCRIPTS:

Shoe Money | hour-long
 Two Cuban Jewish brothers chase the American dream in 1960s Miami, one through shoes, the other through queer crime.

(over)stimulated | feature
An autistic pop star gets everything she's ever wanted, only to discover the industry wants someone else entirely.

Florida Fruit Flies | half-hour
An absurdist Florida comedy about two families on opposite sides of the swamp, united by secrets, schemes, and bottomless delusion.

MOMENTS OF DIR(ETC)ION

death is a thread, series
this is heaven, not quite right
brujeria caribeña,  series
femenil, series
hide from me, bad reception
emotional realism, bad reception
braiding rope, series
overstimulation, not quite right
 
*concepting & art direction purposes only. images not my own

Some things
I’ve been doing






Essays in Teen Vogue, Business Insider, NYLON, Muse by Clios, Mic, Allure, Electric Literature, Vox, Adweek, Salon columnist

Featured in The Washington Post, Vice, Playboy, Business Insider, Miami New Times, Cosmopolitan, Forbes,  The New York Times, SXSW, NYLON, Teen Vogue

Partnerships and past clients  include FEELD, Denstu, quibi, Pluto TV, Cashmere Agency, lex, Planned Parenthood, Sextech School, Foria, THINX, Ultra Music, SXSW, The Martin Agency, Women’s Wear Daily, Business Class, Future of Sex, Modern Fertility, Dame, Latin American Impact Forum






 Recents
Winner, Femme Filth Fest, LA, 2026
The Meadow Residency, LA, 2026
Scripts shortlisted for: Sundance, Shore Scripts, LAIFF, The Big Short, Diversity Story Showcase, LA, 2026
Prelude Fellow, Tender Pictures, LA, 2025 
Voice Narrator, Tantor Media, LA, 2024
Facilitator, Dentsu, The Martin Agency, LA, 2024
Author, Being Bad, Chronicle Books, NYC, 2024
Associate Creative Director, &Walsh x OLLY, NYC, 2023
Head Writer, &Walsh x lex, NYC, 2022
Brand Director, Medley, NYC, 2022
Creative/Educational Director, Do the WeRQ, 2020-2025

Bad Taste, a weekly mood boardOLLY x &Walsh
ACD
saying VAGINA in a commercial (wuuut)

Support across client, concept, script, art direction, casting, copy for OOH/digital. 

strategy: create a narrative of pride in the vagina, but not extricate it from its owner. The whole person - not just the vagina - gets to feel proud and confident in a body. 
(they said no to my vagina rap tho...)



(more recent)
ESSAYS & FEATURES



Miami New Times: read the full piece here
ADWEEK: read the full piece here
Electric Literature: read the full piece here


Muse: read the full piece here





(some) 
NOTABLE TALKS



SXSW: De-Influencing: The Future of the Creator Economy

SXSW: From Sex Work to Corn Rows: It’s Not Unprofessional

WWD: Hair Politics, the Beauty Industry, and the Workplace

SXSW: LGBTQ+ Sex Education for Brands

SONDERSLAND: Creatividad Queer Para Las Marcas (Spanish)

Latin American Impact Investment Forum x Planned Parenthood: Marcas Y La Educacion Sexual (Spanish) 















“Wow. Wowowowowowowowow! Egozi has SUCH a way with words, and not just the elegant, prose-ones, but the raw, rough, ugly words that make their message hit home even harder. For a lifelong people-pleaser (almost compulsively so), I needed this book. I need everyone in my life to read this book. The idea of dismantling ourselves into bits of shame and guilt is so toxic, yet we do it all the time. Sometimes it just takes someone holding your hand and gently (firmly) pointing it out to you. Please, even if you think you've got it all together, please read this book.”
-- goodreads review (thank you!!)



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