Growing up in the small town Geilo, Norway, Arne showed an early interest in film, spending his evenings at the local cinema, with Sci-fi and Horror films, his favorites. A skill for Design & Art Direction was recognized early on and while still a teen, Arne was offered an internship at Geilo Printing & Advertising. He graduated as an Art Director from Westerdals School of Communication. Arne began a career in graphic design and art directing, working his way up at several prestigious Art and Fashion Magazines, winning design awards along the way and was eventually recruited by Elle Magazine. 

Arne formed AKDesign and specialized in graphic design for record companies and music festivals creating award winning designs. He evolved into TV commercial work where he was introduced to his future in motion graphics using 3D art and Visual Effects.  

With his passionate interest in Visual Effects and Animation, Arne enrolled in Animation Mentor, the first online Animation Diploma Program founded by professional animators. He excelled in the program and was soon recruited by DNEG VFX in London working as a Character Animator on projects such as Guillermo del Toro’s “Hellboy II: The Golden Army.”  

Arne returned to Norway with his new visual effects and animation experience and was hired by the filmmakers of “Kon-Tiki,” the critically acclaimed Foreign Academy Award entry for Norway directed by Espen Sandberg & Joachim Rønning. Arne was brought on as the Overall Visual Effects Supervisor to create the sharks and environments and to supervise the animation and postproduction visual effects for the film. The film received an Amanda Award (the equivalent to an Academy Award for Norway) for the VFX work, setting a new bar for Norwegian and Scandinavian visual effects.  

Arne next took on “Ragnarok,” another film featuring terrifying water creatures and received his second Amanda Award in Visual Effects as Animation Supervisor and Co-VFX Supervisor. Arne next consulted on “The Wave,” the tsunami drama and award winner from Director, Roar Uthaug (“Tomb Raider” and “Troll”). His work was getting noticed, and he would soon be recruited as the On-Set Visual Effects Supervisor for Universal Pictures’ “Everest” to be directed by Baltasar Kormakur. Arne trekked to remote mountainous locations as well as stages in London and Rome to capture the Visual Effects photography.  

The “Kon-Tiki” directors requested Arne join them on their Hollywood directing debut of “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.” Arne contributed to the design and prep of the film, introducing him to tentpole filmmaking and top pre-vis talent.  

Arne followed up “Pirates” with “The Last King,” by Director Nils Gaup, starring Kristofer Hivju; released by Netflix after its box office run. Next came “The King’s Choice,” directed by Eric Poppe, a Norwegian Academy Award entry and WWII drama, which produced another Amanda Award for Arne. Arne returned to WWII for “The 12th Man,” from Director Harald Zwart, earning his 4th Amanda Award. Director Espen Sandberg hired Arne again for the film “Amundsen,” to recreate the famous expeditions of Roald Amundsen to the North and South Poles. Arne was reunited with “The Wave” filmmakers for “The Burning Sea,” an oil platform disaster which garnered his 5th Amanada Award for Visual Effects. Continuing this recognition, Arne was recently awarded his 6th Amanda Award for the Erik Skjoldbjærg historical war story “Narvik: Hitler’s First Defeat.”  

Arne remains in demand as a Visual Effects Supervisor, as well as at the center of developing Norway into a global visual effects destination.

RESUME/CV

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AWARDS/
NOMINATIONS

2023:
Amanda Awards (Norwegian Academy Awards): 
Winner: Best Visual Effects
- Narvik: Hitler's First Defeat

2022:
Amanda Awards (Norwegian Academy Awards): 
Winner: Best Visual Effects
- The Burning Sea

2020:
Amanda Awards (Norwegian Academy Awards): 
Nominee: Best Visual Effects
- Mortal

2019:
Amanda Awards (Norwegian Academy Awards): 
Nominee: Best Visual Effects
- Amundsen

2018:
Amanda Awards (Norwegian Academy Awards): 
Winner: Best Visual Effects
- The 12th Man

2017:
Amanda Awards (Norwegian Academy Awards): 
Winner: Best Visual Effects
- The King's Choice

2014:
Amanda Awards (Norwegian Academy Awards): 
Winner: Best Visual Effects
- Ragnarok

2013:
Amanda Awards (Norwegian Academy Awards): 
Winner: Best Visual Effects
- Kon-Tiki