Biography

He also served two years as a board-member of the Australian Screen Directors Association (now known as the Australian Director's Guild). During this time he worked with the committee tasked with negotiating a 'Code of Practice' agreement for television directors with the Screen Producers (SPAA). Arnold and sound engineer Noel Cantrill wrote an e-book Highly Inflamably [sic] recounting their 1966 journey from Sydney to London (Karachi to London in a Kombi van).[8] Published by UXED Pty Ltd..

Whilst at ABC-TV (Australia) he achieved some firsts, notably : Assistant Producer on Contrabandits; First long-form drama series Director on Delta; First all film drama series Director on Castaway; ABC's first International co-production Director on Certain Women; First color ABC drama production telecast Director on Ripkin; First video drama feature recorded entirely on location.

His awards include: The Haunted School, Gold Plaque; Chicago International Film Festival 1987 A Waltz Through The Hills, First Prize; Frank Arnold The Chicago International Festival of Children's Films 1988 A Waltz Through The Hills, Penguin Award; Australian Television Award for Excellence in a Children's Drama 1988 A Waltz Through The Hills, Pater Award, For professional excellence In television and radio arts and sciences: children's program The Australasian Academy of Broadcast Arts and Sciences 1988 Best Actor in a Telefeature; Ernie Dingo; A Waltz Through The Hills. Australian Film Institute Awards 1988 (First, First-Nation Actor to win Best Actor Award)
- IMDb mini biography by: john hollands