Steve Arnold

Steve Arnold

Director · Producer

Seattle, Washington, USA
January 15, 1953

Biography

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.

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Representative Works

Coyote vs. Acme
Coyote vs. Acme
7.6
/ English
Spider-Man
Spider-Man
7.4
/ English
Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump
8.5
/ English
Van Helsing
Van Helsing
6.4
/ English
Face/Off
Face/Off
7.1
/ English
Unbreakable
Unbreakable
7.1
/ English
Bridesmaids
Bridesmaids
6.5
/ English
The Life of Chuck
The Life of Chuck
7.3
/ English
Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning
7.7
/ English
After the Sunset
After the Sunset
6.2
/ English
Get Shorty
Get Shorty
6.5
/ English
Assassins
Assassins
6.5
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Coyote vs. Acme
2026Winner

Career Highlight

Coyote vs. Acme

Spider-Man
2002Nominee

Best Director

Spider-Man

Forrest Gump
1994Winner

Best Director

Forrest Gump

Career Highlights

Van Helsing
2004Highlight

Career Highlight

Van Helsing

Face/Off
1997Highlight

Career Highlight

Face/Off

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