About

Known credits:
36
Birthday:
1953-01-15
Place of birth:
Seattle, Washington, USA
Website:

Steve Arnold

Overview

Steve Arnold was born and raised in Seattle and completed his MFA in scenery design for theater at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. After designing scenery for small equity waiver theaters he worked in New York City assisting several established Broadway designers. He soon started getting drafting jobs on films and over the years worked his way up the ladder in the Art Department on a number of well known films including The Doors, Forrest Gump, The Hudsucker Proxy, and Bugsy which won an Oscar for best Art Direction. He worked as an Art Director on more than 20 feature films including Get Shorty, Face/Off, Unbreakable, Spider-Man, Van Helsing and Appaloosa before becoming a Production Designer. He has been the Production Designer of several independent feature films and collaborator with David Fincher, Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Productions on hit shows including House of Cards Seasons 1-4, Mindhunter Seasons 1 & 2, Castle Rock Season 1, and recently Midnight Mass.

Known for

Production

2018 Castle Rock Production Production Designer 71
Good
2013 House of Cards Production Production Designer 79
Good
2011 The Big Bang Production Production Designer 57
Average

Art

2021 Midnight Mass Art Production Design 74
Good
2020 Utopia Art Production Design 71
Good
2018 Fright Fest Art Art Direction 57
Average
2017 MINDHUNTER Art Production Design 80
Very good
2013 House of Cards Art Production Design 79
Good
2011 Bridesmaids Art Set Designer 64
Fair
2010 Repo Art Production Design 58
Average
2009 Deadline Art Production Design 57
Average
2009 The Pool Boys Art Production Design 59
Average
2008 Appaloosa Art Art Direction 63
Fair
2007 Balls of Fury Art Art Direction 55
Average
2004 After the Sunset Art Art Direction 60
Fair
2004 Van Helsing Art Art Direction 63
Fair
2003 The Life of David Gale Art Art Direction 70
Good
2002 Solaris Art Art Direction 59
Average
2002 Spider-Man Art Supervising Art Director 72
Good
2000 Unbreakable Art Art Direction 70
Good
1999 Ride with the Devil Art Art Direction 59
Average
1999 For Love of the Game Art Art Direction 61
Fair
1997 Face/Off Art Art Direction 69
Fair
1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight Art Art Direction 63
Fair
1995 Get Shorty Art Art Direction 63
Fair
1995 Assassins Art Art Direction 63
Fair
1994 Miracle on 34th Street Art Art Direction 64
Fair
1994 Forrest Gump Art Assistant Art Director 84
Very good
1994 The Hudsucker Proxy Art Assistant Art Director 66
Fair
1993 Dave Art Set Designer 63
Fair
1989 Nabokov on Kafka Art Art Direction 59
Average
1988 Mississippi Burning Art Assistant Art Director 72
Good
1988 The Prince of Pennsylvania Art Art Direction 58
Average
1984 The Boy Who Loved Trolls Art Assistant Production Design N/A
N/A
Coyote vs. Acme Art Production Design N/A
N/A

Camera

2007 Lens Love Story Camera Director of Photography 59
Average