---
name: "Bonnie Arnold"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bonnie-arnold"
fi1m_id: "bonnie-arnold"
imdb_id: "nm0036366"
tmdb_id: 12894
wikidata_id: "Q1132913"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-05T14:55:47.165347+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."
---

# Bonnie Arnold

## Identity

Bonnie Arnold

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bonnie-arnold
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bonnie-arnold
- **IMDb ID:** nm0036366
- **TMDB ID:** 12894
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1132913
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Arnold, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1132913, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0036366/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12894

Producer. Born 1 January 1955 in Atlanta.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1955, Atlanta
- **Active:** 1990–2019
- **Frequently works with:** [America Ferrera](https://film.one/person/america-ferrera.md), [Dean DeBlois](https://film.one/person/dean-deblois.md), [Gerard Butler](https://film.one/person/gerard-butler.md), [Jay Baruchel](https://film.one/person/jay-baruchel.md), [Cate Blanchett](https://film.one/person/cate-blanchett.md), [Craig Ferguson](https://film.one/person/craig-ferguson.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as producer, over 9 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (5), 2000s 73 (1), 2010s 78 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 71 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 7, Animation 6, Family 6, Comedy 3, Fantasy 3, Drama 2
- **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4,102m across 9 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Arnold, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1132913, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0036366/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12894

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Toy Story*](https://film.one/film/toy-story.md) (92), [*Tarzan*](https://film.one/film/tarzan.md) (77)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*How to Train Your Dragon 2*](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon-2.md) (74)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Over the Hedge*](https://film.one/film/over-the-hedge.md) (73)

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

## Biography

Bonnie Arnold is an American film producer and executive who has worked at Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios and DreamWorks Animation.

She holds a B.S. in journalism from the University of Georgia and an M.S. from Boston University. After early work in live-action production, including as associate producer on *Dances with Wolves* (1990) and *The Addams Family* (1991), she was recruited in 1992 to produce *Toy Story* (1995) at Pixar.

Arnold went on to produce *Tarzan* (1999), *Over the Hedge* (2006) and the *How to Train Your Dragon* series (2010, 2014, 2019). She has also served as executive producer on later projects including *Orion and the Dark* (2024).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World* (2019), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon-the-hidden-world.md)
- *How to Train Your Dragon 2* (2014), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon-2.md)
- *How to Train Your Dragon* (2010), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon-2010.md)
- *Over the Hedge* (2006), Fi1m 73, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/over-the-hedge.md)
- *Tarzan* (1999), Fi1m 77, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/tarzan.md)
- *Toy Story* (1995), Fi1m 92, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story.md)
- *The Last of the Mohicans* (1992), Fi1m 84, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-of-the-mohicans.md)
- *The Addams Family* (1991), Fi1m 77, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-addams-family.md)
- *Dances with Wolves* (1990), Fi1m 80, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/dances-with-wolves.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *The Land of Sometimes* (2026), Executive Producer
- *That Christmas* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Orion and the Dark* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Trolls World Tour* (2020), Thanks
- *How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World* (2019), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon-the-hidden-world.md)
- *Where No One Goes: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon 2* (2015), Executive Producer
- *How to Train Your Dragon 2* (2014), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon-2.md)
- *Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury* (2011), Executive Producer
- *Book of Dragons* (2011), Executive Producer
- *Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon* (2010), Executive Producer
- *How to Train Your Dragon* (2010), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon-2010.md)
- *The Last Station* (2009), Producer
- *Hammy's Boomerang Adventure* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Over the Hedge* (2006), Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/over-the-hedge.md)
- *Tarzan* (1999), Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/tarzan.md)
- *Toy Story* (1995), Producer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story.md)
- *Hero* (1992), Production Supervisor
- *The Last of the Mohicans* (1992), Associate Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-of-the-mohicans.md)
- *The Addams Family* (1991), Associate Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-addams-family.md)
- *Dances with Wolves* (1990), Associate Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/dances-with-wolves.md)
- *Stars & Bars* (1988), Production Supervisor
- *The Slugger's Wife* (1985), Assistant Production Coordinator
- *Snoopy Unleashed*, Producer
- *Juniper's Christmas*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Bonnie Arnold](https://film.one/media/person/86026/gallery-1962334408ef.jpg) Bonnie Arnold — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/ThatXmasBFILFF191024_%2835_of_119%29_%2854100311801%29_%28Bonnie_Arnold%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jonas Rivera, Bob Pauley, Bonnie Arnold, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, and Katherine Sarafian discussing "30 Years of Toy Story" at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan  (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/86026/gallery-f0398eddc527.jpg) Jonas Rivera, Bob Pauley, Bonnie Arnold, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, and Katherine Sarafian discussing "30 Years of Toy Story" at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan  (2024) — Coolcaesar, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/30_Years_of_Toy_Story_Panel_at_D23_2024.jpg/1280px-30_Years_of_Toy_Story_Panel_at_D23_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bonnie Arnold au festival international d'animation d'Annecy 2019.](https://film.one/media/person/86026/gallery-09da0e8c829e.jpg) Bonnie Arnold au festival international d'animation d'Annecy 2019. — Boungawa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Bonnie_Arnold_2019.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![That Christmas Premiere - BFI LFF - Royal Festival Hall - Saturday 19th October 2024](https://film.one/media/person/86026/gallery-43fd38ea3b64.jpg) That Christmas Premiere - BFI LFF - Royal Festival Hall - Saturday 19th October 2024 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/ThatXmasBFILFF191024_%28108_of_119%29_%2854099447362%29.jpg/1280px-ThatXmasBFILFF191024_%28108_of_119%29_%2854099447362%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![That Christmas Premiere - BFI LFF - Royal Festival Hall - Saturday 19th October 2024](https://film.one/media/person/86026/gallery-cab56958ae1b.jpg) That Christmas Premiere - BFI LFF - Royal Festival Hall - Saturday 19th October 2024 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/ThatXmasBFILFF191024_%28109_of_119%29_%2854099447212%29.jpg/1280px-ThatXmasBFILFF191024_%28109_of_119%29_%2854099447212%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![That Christmas Premiere - BFI LFF - Royal Festival Hall - Saturday 19th October 2024](https://film.one/media/person/86026/gallery-e5bebd80d7f1.jpg) That Christmas Premiere - BFI LFF - Royal Festival Hall - Saturday 19th October 2024 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/ThatXmasBFILFF191024_%2833_of_119%29_%2854100650584%29.jpg/1280px-ThatXmasBFILFF191024_%2833_of_119%29_%2854100650584%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2020: Best Animated Feature (nominated), for *How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World*
- 2015: Best Animated Feature (nominated), for *How to Train Your Dragon 2*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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