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Steve Arnold (b. 1953)

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Birthplace:
Seattle, Washington, USA

Born:
January 15, 1953

Biography from TheMovieDB

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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Film Production

Art Direction:
1988  Home at Last
1988  The Prince of Pennsylvania
1989  Nabokov on Kafka
1994  Miracle on 34th Street
1995  Assassins
1995  Get Shorty
1996  The Long Kiss Goodnight
1997  Face/Off
1999  For Love of the Game
1999  Ride with the Devil
2000  Unbreakable
2002  Solaris
2003  The Life of David Gale
2004  After the Sunset
2004  Van Helsing
2007  Balls of Fury
2008  Appaloosa
2018  Fright Fest

Assistant Art Director:
1988  Home at Last
1988  Mississippi Burning
1988  The Prince of Pennsylvania
1989  Nabokov on Kafka
1994  Forrest Gump
1994  Miracle on 34th Street
1994  The Hudsucker Proxy
1995  Assassins
1995  Get Shorty
1996  The Long Kiss Goodnight
1997  Face/Off
1999  For Love of the Game
1999  Ride with the Devil
2000  Unbreakable
2002  Solaris
2003  The Life of David Gale
2004  After the Sunset
2004  Van Helsing
2007  Balls of Fury
2008  Appaloosa
2018  Fright Fest

Assistant Production Design:
1984  The Boy Who Loved Trolls
1988  Home at Last
1988  Mississippi Burning
1988  The Prince of Pennsylvania
1989  Nabokov on Kafka
1994  Forrest Gump
1994  Miracle on 34th Street
1994  The Hudsucker Proxy
1995  Assassins
1995  Get Shorty
1996  The Long Kiss Goodnight
1997  Face/Off
1999  For Love of the Game
1999  Ride with the Devil
2000  Unbreakable
2002  Solaris
2003  The Life of David Gale
2004  After the Sunset
2004  Van Helsing
2007  Balls of Fury
2008  Appaloosa
2018  Fright Fest

Director of Photography:
1984  The Boy Who Loved Trolls
1988  Home at Last
1988  Mississippi Burning
1988  The Prince of Pennsylvania
1989  Nabokov on Kafka
1994  Forrest Gump
1994  Miracle on 34th Street
1994  The Hudsucker Proxy
1995  Assassins
1995  Get Shorty
1996  The Long Kiss Goodnight
1997  Face/Off
1999  For Love of the Game
1999  Ride with the Devil
2000  Unbreakable
2002  Solaris
2003  The Life of David Gale
2004  After the Sunset
2004  Van Helsing
2007  Balls of Fury
2007  Lens Love Story
2008  Appaloosa
2018  Fright Fest

Production Design:
1984  The Boy Who Loved Trolls
1988  Home at Last
1988  Mississippi Burning
1988  The Prince of Pennsylvania
1989  Nabokov on Kafka
1994  Forrest Gump
1994  Miracle on 34th Street
1994  The Hudsucker Proxy
1995  Assassins
1995  Get Shorty
1996  The Long Kiss Goodnight
1997  Face/Off
1999  For Love of the Game
1999  Ride with the Devil
2000  Unbreakable
2002  Solaris
2003  The Life of David Gale
2004  After the Sunset
2004  Van Helsing
2007  Balls of Fury
2007  Lens Love Story
2008  Appaloosa
2009  Deadline
2009  The Pool Boys
2010  Repo
2018  Fright Fest
????  Coyote vs. Acme

Production Designer:
1984  The Boy Who Loved Trolls
1988  Home at Last
1988  Mississippi Burning
1988  The Prince of Pennsylvania
1989  Nabokov on Kafka
1994  Forrest Gump
1994  Miracle on 34th Street
1994  The Hudsucker Proxy
1995  Assassins
1995  Get Shorty
1996  The Long Kiss Goodnight
1997  Face/Off
1999  For Love of the Game
1999  Ride with the Devil
2000  Unbreakable
2002  Solaris
2003  The Life of David Gale
2004  After the Sunset
2004  Van Helsing
2007  Balls of Fury
2007  Lens Love Story
2008  Appaloosa
2009  Deadline
2009  The Pool Boys
2010  Repo
2011  The Big Bang
2018  Fright Fest
????  Coyote vs. Acme

Set Designer:
1984  The Boy Who Loved Trolls
1988  Home at Last
1988  Mississippi Burning
1988  The Prince of Pennsylvania
1989  Nabokov on Kafka
1993  Dave
1994  Forrest Gump
1994  Miracle on 34th Street
1994  The Hudsucker Proxy
1995  Assassins
1995  Get Shorty
1996  The Long Kiss Goodnight
1997  Face/Off
1999  For Love of the Game
1999  Ride with the Devil
2000  Unbreakable
2002  Solaris
2003  The Life of David Gale
2004  After the Sunset
2004  Van Helsing
2007  Balls of Fury
2007  Lens Love Story
2008  Appaloosa
2009  Deadline
2009  The Pool Boys
2010  Repo
2011  Bridesmaids
2011  The Big Bang
2018  Fright Fest
????  Coyote vs. Acme

Supervising Art Director:
1984  The Boy Who Loved Trolls
1988  Home at Last
1988  Mississippi Burning
1988  The Prince of Pennsylvania
1989  Nabokov on Kafka
1993  Dave
1994  Forrest Gump
1994  Miracle on 34th Street
1994  The Hudsucker Proxy
1995  Assassins
1995  Get Shorty
1996  The Long Kiss Goodnight
1997  Face/Off
1999  For Love of the Game
1999  Ride with the Devil
2000  Unbreakable
2002  Solaris
2002  Spider-Man
2003  The Life of David Gale
2004  After the Sunset
2004  Van Helsing
2007  Balls of Fury
2007  Lens Love Story
2008  Appaloosa
2009  Deadline
2009  The Pool Boys
2010  Repo
2011  Bridesmaids
2011  The Big Bang
2018  Fright Fest
????  Coyote vs. Acme

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TV Production

Art Direction:
2013  House of Cards

Production Design:
2013  House of Cards
2017  MINDHUNTER
2020  Utopia
2021  Midnight Mass

Production Designer:
2013  House of Cards
2017  MINDHUNTER
2018  Castle Rock
2020  Utopia
2021  Midnight Mass

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