Biography

Steve Arnold was born and raised in Seattle and completed his MFA in scenery design for theater at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. After designing scenery for small equity waiver theaters he worked in New York City assisting several established Broadway designers. He soon started getting drafting jobs on films and over the years worked his way up the ladder in the Art Department on a number of well known films including The Doors, Forrest Gump, The Hudsucker Proxy, and Bugsy which won an Oscar for best Art Direction. He worked as an Art Director on more than 20 feature films including Get Shorty, Face/Off, Unbreakable, Spider-Man, Van Helsing and Appaloosa before becoming a Production Designer. He has been the Production Designer of several independent feature films and collaborator with David Fincher, Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Productions on hit shows including House of Cards Seasons 1-4, Mindhunter Seasons 1 & 2, Castle Rock Season 1, and recently Midnight Mass.

Filmography

View House of Cards
House of Cards

House of Cards

2013Series
8.0
View Spider-Man
Spider-Man

Spider-Man

2002Film
7.3
View Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump

1994Film
8.5
View Van Helsing
Van Helsing

Van Helsing

2004Film
6.4
View MINDHUNTER
MINDHUNTER

MINDHUNTER

2017Series
8.1
View Castle Rock
Castle Rock

Castle Rock

2018Series
7.2
View The Life of Chuck
The Life of Chuck

The Life of Chuck

2025Film
7.3
View Face/Off
Face/Off

Face/Off

1997Film
7.1
View Midnight Mass
Midnight Mass

Midnight Mass

2021Series
7.5
View Bridesmaids
Bridesmaids

Bridesmaids

2011Film
6.5
View Unbreakable
Unbreakable

Unbreakable

2000Film
7.1
View Utopia
Utopia

Utopia

2020Series
7.2