---
name: "Arnold Messer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/arnold-messer"
fi1m_id: "arnold-messer"
imdb_id: "nm1103781"
tmdb_id: 20207
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-18T07:15:40.722878+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."
---

# Arnold Messer

## Identity

Arnold Messer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/arnold-messer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** arnold-messer
- **IMDb ID:** nm1103781
- **TMDB ID:** 20207
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1103781/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20207

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 2007–present
- **Also known as:** Arnold W. Messer, Arnie Messer
- **Frequently works with:** [Bradley J. Fischer](https://film.one/person/bradley-j-fischer.md), [Mike Medavoy](https://film.one/person/mike-medavoy.md), [Mark Ruffalo](https://film.one/person/mark-ruffalo.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 91 (1), 2010s 81 (2), 2020s 55 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 66 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Thriller 3, Drama 2, Horror 2, Mystery 2, Crime 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $731m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1103781/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20207

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Zodiac*](https://film.one/film/zodiac.md) (91)
- **Apple TV:** [*Shutter Island*](https://film.one/film/shutter-island.md) (80)
- **Peacock:** [*The Last Voyage of the Demeter*](https://film.one/film/the-last-voyage-of-the-demeter.md) (55)

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

## Biography

Arnold Messer, also credited as Arnold W. Messer and Arnie Messer, is an American film and television producer. He has worked extensively with Phoenix Pictures and collaborators including Mike Medavoy and Bradley J. Fischer.

His credits include producing *Zodiac* (2007), *Shutter Island* (2010), *Black Swan* (2010), *What to Expect When You're Expecting* (2012) and *The Last Voyage of the Demeter* (2023). He served as executive producer on *Stealth* (2005) and the series *Altered Carbon* (2018). Messer received one win and nine nominations for his producing work, primarily associated with *Black Swan* and *Zodiac*.

*Sources: imdb.com, svenskfilmdatabas.se.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Last Voyage of the Demeter* (2023), Fi1m 55, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-voyage-of-the-demeter.md)
- *Black Swan* (2010), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/black-swan.md)
- *Shutter Island* (2010), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/shutter-island.md)
- *Zodiac* (2007), Fi1m 91, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/zodiac.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *The Last Voyage of the Demeter* (2023), Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-voyage-of-the-demeter.md)
- *Altered Carbon* (2018), series, Executive Producer
- *What to Expect When You're Expecting* (2012), Producer
- *The Dreamsters: Welcome to the Dreamery* (2011), Executive Producer
- *Black Swan* (2010), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/black-swan.md)
- *Shanghai* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Shutter Island* (2010), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shutter-island.md)
- *License to Wed* (2007), Producer
- *Zodiac* (2007), Producer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/zodiac.md)
- *Pathfinder* (2007), Producer
- *Miss Potter* (2006), Producer
- *Stealth* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Basic* (2003), Producer
- *Off Season* (2001), Executive Producer
- *The Chris Isaak Show* (2001), series, Producer
- *Harry's Big Birthday Countdown*, Executive Producer

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