---
name: "Susan Arnold"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/susan-arnold"
fi1m_id: "susan-arnold"
imdb_id: "nm0036641"
tmdb_id: 16158
wikidata_id: "Q131462278"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-04T18:47:46.336240+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."
---

# Susan Arnold

## Identity

Susan Arnold

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/susan-arnold
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** susan-arnold
- **IMDb ID:** nm0036641
- **TMDB ID:** 16158
- **Wikidata ID:** Q131462278
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131462278, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0036641/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16158

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 1980–2004
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as producer, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 71 (5), 1990s 55 (1), 2000s 67 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 70 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 7, Fantasy 2, Romance 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $487m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131462278, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0036641/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16158

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*13 Going on 30*](https://film.one/film/13-going-on-30.md) (67)

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

## Biography

Susan Arnold is an American film producer. She began her career as a casting director, working on films including *Airplane!* (1980), *The Howling* (1981), *National Lampoon's Vacation* (1983) and *Gremlins* (1984).

She later moved into producing, often in partnership with Donna Roth. Their credits include *Benny & Joon* (1993), *Unstrung Heroes* (1995), *Grosse Pointe Blank* (1997), *The Haunting* (1999), *America's Sweethearts* (2001), *13 Going on 30* (2004) and *Drillbit Taylor* (2008). She is the daughter of director Jack Arnold and is married to producer Tom Jacobson.

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *13 Going on 30* (2004), Fi1m 67, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/13-going-on-30.md)
- *Grosse Pointe Blank* (1997), Fi1m 55, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/grosse-pointe-blank.md)
- *Gremlins* (1984), Fi1m 80, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/gremlins.md)
- *Revenge of the Nerds* (1984), Fi1m 38, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/revenge-of-the-nerds.md)
- *Top Secret!* (1984), Fi1m 76, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/top-secret.md)
- *National Lampoon's Vacation* (1983), Fi1m 70, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/national-lampoons-vacation.md)
- *Airplane!* (1980), Fi1m 89, Additional Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/airplane.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Drillbit Taylor* (2008), Producer
- *13 Going on 30* (2004), Producer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/13-going-on-30.md)
- *America's Sweethearts* (2001), Producer
- *The Haunting* (1999), Producer
- *Forces of Nature* (1999), Producer
- *Grosse Pointe Blank* (1997), Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/grosse-pointe-blank.md)
- *Unstrung Heroes* (1995), Producer
- *Benny & Joon* (1993), Producer
- *Warning Sign* (1985), Casting
- *Revenge of the Nerds* (1984), Casting — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/revenge-of-the-nerds.md)
- *Top Secret!* (1984), Casting — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/top-secret.md)
- *Gremlins* (1984), Casting — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/gremlins.md)
- *National Lampoon's Vacation* (1983), Casting — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/national-lampoons-vacation.md)
- *The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair* (1983), Casting
- *Dixie: Changing Habits* (1983), Casting
- *Independence Day* (1983), Casting
- *Honkytonk Man* (1982), Casting
- *The Howling* (1981), Casting
- *Airplane!* (1980), Additional Casting — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/airplane.md)
- *The Lady in Red* (1979), Casting
- *Piranha* (1978), Casting Director
- *Black Eye* (1974), as Amy
- *The Female Bunch* (1971), as Makeup Artist
- *Satan's Sadists* (1969), Makeup Artist
- *13 Going on 30*, Executive Producer

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