Arielle Knight

Arielle Knight is a documentary filmmaker, producer and writer whose work traverses documentary and hybrid forms. She is the founder of GoodKnight Films Inc., a studio rooted in collaborative production models aimed at sustaining both artists and communities. Over the past decade, Knight has produced and directed work that has screened at Sundance, Tribeca, TIFF, Berlinale, New York Film Festival, DOCNYC and MoMA DocFortnight, including the Emmy-Award-winning Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project. As a director, her short documentaries A Song of Grace and The Boys and the Bees (Mountainfilm 2026) have been supported by Tribeca Studios, Queen Latifah’s Flavor Unit, Catapult Film Fund and POV’s Independent Lens, with broadcasts on BET and PBS. Most recently, The Boys and the Bees received a Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival, further cementing her emergence as a distinct directorial voice.