Norman G. Arnold

Norman G. Arnold (19 September 1892 – 7 December 1963) was a British art director who designed the sets for over a hundred and twenty films.

During the First World War, Arnold served in the Royal Flying Corps with the rank of Lieutenant and worked in the Armaments School.

In 1918, Arnold was appointed to be an official war artist, tasked with portraying types of aircraft, methods of aerial fighting and specific famous air battles on the Western Front.

His first employer was Famous Players Lasky Corporation for which he was the art designer on eight films before he began working for British producer Herbert Wilcox in 1922, working on films in Berlin such as Decameron Nights in 1924.

His final work was on the Cold War thriller Ring of Spies, a more prestigious production, which was completed after his death.