Arnold Martin Schwartzman OBE 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

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survivors titled ''Genocide''.

Early life and family

Arnold Schwartzman was born in London.Schwartzman, Arnold. (2006) ''London Art Deco''. Manchester, Vermont: Hudson Hills Press. Cover notes. ISBN 9781555952822 He studied at Canterbury College of Art, now

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. 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 "sustaine ...

(RDI).

Selected publications

* ''Designage: The art of the decorative sign''. Chronicle Books, 1999. ISBN 9780811819626 * ''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

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