---
name: "Steve Arnold"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/steve-arnold"
fi1m_id: "steve-arnold"
imdb_id: "nm0004140"
tmdb_id: 11412
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "15 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 12
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 12
updated: "2026-09-30T22:44:27.190472+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."
---

# Steve Arnold

## Identity

Steve Arnold

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steve-arnold
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** steve-arnold
- **IMDb ID:** nm0004140
- **TMDB ID:** 11412
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004140/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11412

Production designer. Born 15 January 1953 in Seattle, Washington, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 15 January 1953, Seattle, Washington, USA
- **Active:** 1988–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Mike Flanagan](https://film.one/person/mike-flanagan.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 72 (1), 1990s 75 (3), 2000s 78 (2), 2010s 82 (2), 2020s 73 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 73 across 12 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 9, Comedy 6, Mystery 5, Crime 3, Thriller 3, Fantasy 2
- **Screen time:** 17 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,481m across 9 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004140/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11412

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*MINDHUNTER*](https://film.one/tv/mindhunter.md) (83), [*Midnight Mass*](https://film.one/tv/midnight-mass.md) (72)
- **Apple TV:** [*Widow's Bay*](https://film.one/tv/widows-bay.md) (80)
- **Disney+:** [*The Life of Chuck*](https://film.one/film/the-life-of-chuck.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Steve Arnold is an American production designer and art director. Born in 1953 in Seattle, Washington, he completed an MFA in scenery design for theatre at Carnegie Mellon University. He began his career designing scenery for small theatres before assisting established Broadway designers in New York, then moved into film drafting and advanced through the art department.

He worked as an art director or assistant art director on more than twenty feature films, including *Forrest Gump* (1994), *Face/Off* (1997), *Unbreakable* (2000), *Spider-Man* (2002) and *Van Helsing* (2004). As production designer he has collaborated with David Fincher on *House of Cards* (2013–2016) and *Mindhunter* (2017–2019), and designed series including *Castle Rock* (2018), *Midnight Mass* (2021) and *Widow's Bay* (2026). He has received four Primetime Emmy nominations.

*Sources: imdb.com, steve-arnold.com, theankler.com, thesetset.com.*

## On Fi1m (12)

- *Coyote vs. Acme* (2026), Fi1m 78, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/coyote-vs-acme.md)
- *Widow's Bay* (2026), Fi1m 80, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/widows-bay.md)
- *The Life of Chuck* (2025), Fi1m 63, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-life-of-chuck.md)
- *Midnight Mass* (2021), Fi1m 72, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/midnight-mass.md)
- *MINDHUNTER* (2017), Fi1m 83, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/mindhunter.md)
- *Bridesmaids* (2011), Fi1m 82, Set Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/bridesmaids.md)
- *Solaris* (2002), Fi1m 74, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/solaris.md)
- *Unbreakable* (2000), Fi1m 81, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/unbreakable.md)
- *Get Shorty* (1995), Fi1m 82, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/get-shorty.md)
- *Forrest Gump* (1994), Fi1m 66, Assistant Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/forrest-gump.md)
- *The Hudsucker Proxy* (1994), Fi1m 78, Assistant Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hudsucker-proxy.md)
- *Mississippi Burning* (1988), Fi1m 72, Assistant Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/mississippi-burning.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

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

- *Coyote vs. Acme* (2026), Production Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/coyote-vs-acme.md)
- *Widow's Bay* (2026), series, Production Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/widows-bay.md)
- *The Life of Chuck* (2025), Production Design — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-life-of-chuck.md)
- *Midnight Mass* (2021), series, Production Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/midnight-mass.md)
- *Utopia* (2020), series, Production Design
- *Fright Fest* (2018), as Art Direction
- *Castle Rock* (2018), series, Production Design
- *MINDHUNTER* (2017), series, Production Design — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/mindhunter.md)
- *House of Cards* (2013), series, as Art Direction · Production Design
- *Bridesmaids* (2011), Set Designer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/bridesmaids.md)
- *The Big Bang* (2011), Production Designer
- *Repo* (2010), Production Design
- *Deadline* (2009), Production Design
- *The Pool Boys* (2009), Production Design
- *Appaloosa* (2008), as Art Direction
- *Balls of Fury* (2007), as Art Direction
- *Lens Love Story* (2007), Director of Photography
- *After the Sunset* (2004), as Art Direction
- *Van Helsing* (2004), as Art Direction
- *The Life of David Gale* (2003), as Art Direction
- *Solaris* (2002), as Art Direction — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/solaris.md)
- *Spider-Man* (2002), Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man.md)
- *Unbreakable* (2000), as Art Direction — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/unbreakable.md)
- *Ride with the Devil* (1999), as Art Direction
- *For Love of the Game* (1999), as Art Direction
- *Face/Off* (1997), as Art Direction — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/face-off.md)
- *The Long Kiss Goodnight* (1996), as Art Direction
- *Get Shorty* (1995), as Art Direction — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/get-shorty.md)
- *Assassins* (1995), as Art Direction
- *Miracle on 34th Street* (1994), as Art Direction
- *Forrest Gump* (1994), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/forrest-gump.md)
- *The Hudsucker Proxy* (1994), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hudsucker-proxy.md)
- *Dave* (1993), Set Designer
- *Nabokov on Kafka* (1989), as Art Direction
- *Mississippi Burning* (1988), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/mississippi-burning.md)
- *The Prince of Pennsylvania* (1988), as Art Direction
- *Home at Last* (1988), as Art Direction
- *The Boy Who Loved Trolls* (1984), Assistant Production Design

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