Person
Steve Arnold
Art · Born 1953-01-15 · Seattle, Washington, USA
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.
Known for
Spider-Man
Supervising Art Director
Widow's Bay
Production Design
Forrest Gump
Assistant Art Director
House of Cards
Art Direction
MINDHUNTER
Production Design
Castle Rock
Production Design
Van Helsing
Art Direction
Face/Off
Art Direction
Coyote vs. Acme
Production Design
Midnight Mass
Production Design
Filmography
- 2026Coyote vs. AcmeProduction Design
- 2026Widow's BayProduction Design
- 2025The Life of ChuckProduction Design
- 2021Midnight MassProduction Design
- 2020UtopiaProduction Design
- 2018Fright FestArt Direction
- 2018Castle RockProduction Design
- 2017MINDHUNTERProduction Design
- 2013House of CardsArt Direction
- 2011BridesmaidsSet Designer
- 2011The Big BangProduction Designer
- 2010RepoProduction Design
- 2009DeadlineProduction Design
- 2009The Pool BoysProduction Design
- 2008AppaloosaArt Direction
- 2007Balls of FuryArt Direction
- 2007Lens Love StoryDirector of Photography
- 2004After the SunsetArt Direction
- 2004Van HelsingArt Direction
- 2003The Life of David GaleArt Direction
- 2002SolarisArt Direction
- 2002Spider-ManSupervising Art Director
- 2000UnbreakableArt Direction
- 1999Ride with the DevilArt Direction
- 1999For Love of the GameArt Direction
- 1997Face/OffArt Direction
- 1996The Long Kiss GoodnightArt Direction
- 1995Get ShortyArt Direction
- 1995AssassinsArt Direction
- 1994Miracle on 34th StreetArt Direction
- 1994Forrest GumpAssistant Art Director
- 1994The Hudsucker ProxyAssistant Art Director
- 1993DaveSet Designer
- 1989Nabokov on KafkaArt Direction
- 1988Mississippi BurningAssistant Art Director
- 1988The Prince of PennsylvaniaArt Direction
- 1988Home at LastArt Direction
- 1984The Boy Who Loved TrollsAssistant Production Design
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