Arnold Martin Schwartzman

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

RDI is a British designer, author, and film director who in 1982 won an

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for Best Documentary Feature, for his film of the reminiscences of

Holocaust The Holocaust (), known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as the (), was the genocide of History of the Jews in Europe, European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy ...

survivors titled ''Genocide''.

Early life and family

Arnold Schwartzman was born in east London in 1936.Schwartzman, Arnold. (2006) ''London Art Deco''. Manchester, Vermont: Hudson Hills Press. Cover notes. ISBN 9781555952822 His family moved to

Margate, Kent Margate is a seaside town in the Thanet District of Kent, England. It is located on the north coast of Kent and covers an area of long, north-east of Canterbury and includes Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay and Westbrook. In 2011 it had a ...

when he was nine years old, where his parents ran the Majestic Hotel in Cliftonville. Schwartzman's first job in the movie industry was in Margate, as the assistant projectionist at the Cameo cinema. He studied at Canterbury College of Art, now

University for the Creative Arts The University for the Creative Arts is a specialist art and design university in Southern England. It was formed in 2005 as University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester when the Kent Institu ...

. He is married to Isolde.

Career

Schwartzman's early career was in British television. In 1982, he won an

for Best Documentary Feature, for ''Genocide''. His other films are ''Liberation'' (1994) and ''Echoes That Remain'' (1991). He has designed advertisements for the Oscars for several years. In 1982 he was appointed the director of design for the Los Angeles Olympic Games.

Honours

Schwartzman was appointed a member of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2002. In 2006 he was elected a

Royal Designer for Industry Royal Designer for Industry is a distinction established by the British Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in 1936, to encourage a high standard of industrial design and enhance the status of designers. It is awarded to people who have achieved "sustained ...

(RDI). He was made an Honorary Freeman of Margate, his hometown, in September 2023, with his colleague

Sir Ben Kingsley Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor. He has received various accolades throughout his career spanning five decades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Glo ...

attending the ceremony to pay tribute to Schwartzman's career.

Selected publications

* ''Phono-Graphics: The visual paraphernalia of the talking machine''. Chronicle Books, 1993. ISBN 9780811803021 * ''Designage: The art of the decorative sign''. Chronicle Books, 1999. ISBN 9780811819626 * ''A Persistence of Vision: Arnold Schwartzman profiles His Work in Graphic Design and Film''. Images Publishing Group, 2005. ISBN 9781864701210 * ''London Art Deco''. Hudson Hills Press, Manchester, Vermont, 2006. ISBN 9781555952822 * ''Art Deco City: The world's most beautiful buildings''. Palazzo Editions, 2018. ISBN 9781786750419 * ''Arts and Crafts: From William Morris to Frank Lloyd Wright''. Palazzo Editions, 2021. ISBN 9781786750655

References

External links

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