Arnold Schwartzman

Arnold Martin Schwartzman (* 1936 in London - Stepney , United Kingdom ) is a British designer , documentary filmmaker and Oscar winner.

Life

Arnold Schwartzman, born in Stepney (London), studied design at the College of Arts in Canterbury in the late 1950s and then worked for the BBC in this profession . He then went into the private sector and worked there as a graphic designer in advertising. In 1968 he joined the board of directors of the Conran Design Group in London. As an illustrator for the London Sunday Times , Schwartzman also designed two special supplements for their magazine. In 1978 he was invited to Los Angeles to become Design Director for Saul Bass and Associates. From time to time he also worked as a documentary filmmaker (direction, production and screenplay). Even his first work, Genocide, about the Holocaust of European Jews - Schwartzman was able to win over the world stars Orson Welles and Elizabeth Taylor for the spoken texts - earned the Jewish all-round artist an Oscar in 1982 in the category “Best Documentary” . That same year, Arnold Schwartzman was named Director of Design for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

In addition to the Oscar, Arnold Schwartzman received other awards, including several for graphics (three "Designers and Art Directors Association of London Silver Awards"). In 1974 he was elected to the Alliance Graphique Internationale and was governor and chairman of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and founding chairman of the documentary division of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . In 2001, Arnold was awarded the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to the British film industry in the USA .

Documentaries (direction, production, screenplay)

• 1981: Genocide
• 1991: Echoes That Remain
• 1994: Liberation

Individual proof

1. ↑ Year of birth on findmypast.co.uk

Web links

• Arnold Schwartzman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Schwartzman biography