---
name: "Simon Arnal"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/simon-arnal"
fi1m_id: "simon-arnal"
imdb_id: "nm0035993"
tmdb_id: 17426
wikidata_id: "Q15149336"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "31 December 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-01T20:43:38.656486+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."
---

# Simon Arnal

## Identity

Simon Arnal

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/simon-arnal
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** simon-arnal
- **IMDb ID:** nm0035993
- **TMDB ID:** 17426
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15149336
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15149336, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035993/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17426

Producer. Born 31 December 1968.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 31 December 1968
- **Active:** 2008–2016
- **Also known as:** Simon Arnal-Szlovak, Simon Arnal Szlovak, Simone Arnal-Szlovaki
- **Frequently works with:** [Caroline Benjo](https://film.one/person/caroline-benjo.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 60 (1), 2010s 79 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 67 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 1, History 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $67m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15149336, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035993/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17426

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Coco Before Chanel*](https://film.one/film/coco-before-chanel.md) (60)

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

## Biography

Simon Arnal, also credited as Simon Arnal-Szlovak, is a French film producer. He is listed as a producer on *The Class* (2008) and *Coco Before Chanel* (2009).

Arnal has worked frequently with Haut et Court and collaborators including Caroline Benjo and Carole Scotta. His other credits include producer or associate producer roles on *The Lobster* (2015), *Only the Animals* (2019), *The Night of the 12th* (2022) and executive producer on *The Young Pope* (2016) and *The New Pope* (2020). He was born on 31 December 1968.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Young Pope* (2016), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-young-pope.md)
- *The Lobster* (2015), Fi1m 78, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lobster.md)
- *Coco Before Chanel* (2009), Fi1m 60, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/coco-before-chanel.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

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

- *Case 137* (2025), Producer
- *Constellation* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *Monsieur Spade* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *Train Like a Girl* (2022), series, Associate Producer
- *The Night of the 12th* (2022), Producer
- *Possessions* (2020), series, Producer
- *Entretien politique : Histoire et mode d'emploi* (2020), Associate Producer
- *The New Pope* (2020), series, Executive Producer
- *Only the Animals* (2019), Producer
- *A Bigger World* (2019), Associate Producer
- *The Night Eats the World* (2018), Associate Producer
- *150 Milligrams* (2016), Producer
- *The Young Pope* (2016), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-young-pope.md)
- *The Lobster* (2015), Associate Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lobster.md)
- *Journey Through China* (2015), Associate Producer
- *Sanctuary* (2015), Associate Producer
- *Back in Crime* (2013), Producer
- *Foxfire* (2013), Producer
- *Pauline détective* (2012), Producer
- *The Woman in the Fifth* (2011), Associate Producer
- *Black Heaven* (2010), Producer
- *Coco Before Chanel* (2009), Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/coco-before-chanel.md)
- *The Class* (2008), Producer
- *Sonetàula* (2008), Associate Producer
- *What If...?* (2008), Producer
- *La Vie d'artiste* (2007), Producer
- *Heading South* (2006), Producer
- *Grand Sons* (2004), Co-Producer
- *Kiss of Life* (2003), Co-Producer
- *Tiresia* (2003), Producer
- *The Red Siren* (2002), Producer
- *Behind the Sun* (2001), Associate Producer
- *The Pornographer* (2001), Associate Producer
- *Time Out* (2001), Associate Producer
- *New Dawn* (1999), Executive Producer
- *The Sanguinaires* (1999), Producer
- *Something Organic* (1998), Producer
- *The Hole* (1998), Associate Producer
- *The Book of Life* (1998), Associate Producer
- *My Life in Pink* (1997), Associate Producer
- *Majorettes in Space* (1997), Producer
- *Sworn Oath* (1996), Producer

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2009: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Coco Before Chanel*

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

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