Arthur Max

• Name — Arthur Max • Born — 1 May 1946 • Birthplace — Manhattan, New York • Occupation — Production designer, Art Director • Years Active — 1984-present

A native New Yorker, Max began his career as a stage lighting designer in the music industry following graduation from New York University in the late 1960s. Those assignments included work at Bill Graham's music venue Fillmore East in the East Village of Manhattan, and the Woodstock Festival of 1969. During the following decade, he designed concert lighting and festival stages for many rock and jazz artists. He was Pink Floyd's lighting designer during the bands' tours in the US and worldwide in the early-1970s. After studying architecture in England (earning degrees in the early-1980s from the Polytechnic of Central London and the Royal College of Art), Max went on to do several architectural design projects in London including an award-winning lighting design for the stage of St John's Concert Hall, a former 18th Century church in the centre of Smith Square, Westminster, London. He entered the British film industry as an assistant to several English production designers. First for Stuart Craig on Hugh Hudson's Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes and Cal (both 1984), then for Ashetton Gorton on Hudson's Revolution the following year. He commenced his own production design career in TV commercials for ten years from 1985 to 1995 (for such clients as Pepsi, Nike, Jeep, Coke and Levi's), which led to his ongoing associations with directors Scott and Fincher.

• Year — Title — Director — Notes • 1995 — Seven — David Fincher • 1997 — G.I. Jane — Ridley Scott • 2000 — Gladiator — Won - Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Period or Fantasy Film Nominated - Academy Award for Best Production Design Won - BAFTA Award for Best Production Design Won - Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Production Design • 2001 — Black Hawk Down — Nominated - Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film • 2002 — Panic Room — David Fincher — Nominated - Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film • 2005 — Kingdom of Heaven — Ridley Scott — Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Art Direction and Production Design • 2007 — American Gangster — Nominated - Academy Award for Best Art Direction Nominated - Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film • 2008 — Body of Lies • 2010 — Robin Hood — Nominated - Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film • 2012 — Prometheus — Nominated - Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Fantasy Film • 2013 — The Counselor • 2014 — Exodus: Gods and Kings • 2015 — The Martian — Won - Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film Nominated - Academy Award for Best Production Design Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Production Design • 2017 — All the Money in the World • 2019 — The Last Vermeer — Dan Friedkin • 2021 — The Last Duel — Ridley Scott • House of Gucci — Nominated - Set Decorators Society of America Award for Best Achievement in Decor/Design of a Period Feature Film • 2023 — Napoleon — Nominated - Academy Award for Best Production Design Nominated - Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Art Direction and Production Design Nominated - Set Decorators Society of America Award for Best Achievement in Decor/Design of a Period Feature Film. • 2024 — Gladiator II — Won - British Film Designers Guild Award - Major Motion Picture - Period Won - 29th Satellite Awards - Best Art Direction and Production Design