---
name: "Arne Schmidt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/arne-schmidt"
fi1m_id: "arne-schmidt"
imdb_id: "nm0772829"
tmdb_id: 8277
wikidata_id: "Q121086118"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T02:34:56.607020+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Arne Schmidt

## Identity

Arne Schmidt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/arne-schmidt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** arne-schmidt
- **IMDb ID:** nm0772829
- **TMDB ID:** 8277
- **Wikidata ID:** Q121086118
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121086118, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0772829/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8277

Producer. Born in Cleveland, Ohio.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 1980–2003
- **Also known as:** Arne L. Schmidt
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 5 producing, 2 crew
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 86 (4), 1990s 73 (1), 2000s 65 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 62 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 2, Adventure 2, Thriller 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $576m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121086118, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0772829/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8277

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*RoboCop*](https://film.one/film/robocop.md) (91)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Arne Schmidt is an American film producer, production manager and screenwriter. He began his career in the 1970s as an assistant director on low-budget films and worked with directors including John Hughes and Francis Ford Coppola before advancing to production roles.

He served as producer on *RoboCop* (1987), directed by Paul Verhoeven. Subsequent producing credits include *The Great Outdoors* (1988), *Little Giants* (1994), *Chain Reaction* (1996), *xXx: State of the Union* (2005) and *Next* (2007). He also worked as executive producer on *Awakenings* (1990), *We Were Soldiers* (2002), *xXx* (2002) and *Big Fish* (2003).

Schmidt wrote the screenplay for *Hunter Killer* (2018) and contributed the story for *Chain Reaction* (1996).

*Sources: imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

### Produced (5) — the average rests on these

- *Big Fish* (2003), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/big-fish.md)
- *xXx* (2002), Fi1m 52, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/xxx.md)
- *Awakenings* (1990), Fi1m 73, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/awakenings.md)
- *RoboCop* (1987), Fi1m 91, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/robocop.md)
- *Ferris Bueller's Day Off* (1986), Fi1m 81, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/ferris-buellers-day-off.md)

### Crew (2)

- *Airplane!* (1980), Fi1m 89, First Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/airplane.md)
- *The Big Red One* (1980), Fi1m 82, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-red-one.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hunter Killer* (2018), Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Next* (2007), Producer
- *xXx: State of the Union* (2005), Producer
- *Big Fish* (2003), Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/big-fish.md)
- *xXx* (2002), Executive Producer — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/xxx.md)
- *We Were Soldiers* (2002), Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Rules of Engagement* (2000), Co-Producer
- *Chain Reaction* (1996), Producer, Story
- *Little Giants* (1994), Producer
- *Josh & S.A.M.* (1993), Executive Producer, Production Manager
- *Stay Tuned* (1992), Co-Producer
- *The Butcher's Wife* (1991), Executive Producer
- *Awakenings* (1990), Executive Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/awakenings.md)
- *The Package* (1989), Executive Producer
- *The Great Outdoors* (1988), Producer
- *RoboCop* (1987), Producer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/robocop.md)
- *Ferris Bueller's Day Off* (1986), Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/ferris-buellers-day-off.md)
- *Pretty in Pink* (1986), Unit Production Manager
- *Red Dawn* (1984), First Assistant Director
- *Flashpoint* (1984), First Assistant Director
- *Heart Like a Wheel* (1983), Associate Producer
- *Hammett* (1982), First Assistant Director
- *One from the Heart* (1982), First Assistant Director
- *Airplane!* (1980), First Assistant Director — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/airplane.md)
- *The Big Red One* (1980), Assistant Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-red-one.md)
- *Magic* (1978), First Assistant Director
- *Who'll Stop the Rain* (1978), Assistant Director
- *Mr. Billion* (1977), Second Assistant Director
- *Nickelodeon* (1976), Second Assistant Director
- *Vigilante Force* (1976), Second Assistant Director
- *Thunderbolt and Lightfoot* (1974), Second Assistant Director
- *Private Parts* (1972), Assistant Director
- *Night Call Nurses* (1972), Assistant Director
- *Cool Breeze* (1972), Assistant Director

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