Visual Effects

Starting as a VFX artist in Paris and London, and moving up to supervise and produce in Los Angeles, including a stint in New Zealand and most recently as a senior studio executive in Culver City, Arnon has had an illustrious, diverse and global career in visual effects spanning 30 years. As a studio executive, Arnon was responsible for overseeing the visual effects on the studio’s feature projects across its labels, leading the films from development, production through to delivery; managing the creative, budget, schedule, legal and marketing aspects of the visual effects, working very closely with the filmmakers, fellow studio executives and visual effects facilities worldwide.

VFX Filmography

Senior Vice President VFX Production Sony Pictures Entertainment

2026 (to be released)

  • Shiver dir: Tommy Wirkola | prod: Kevin Messick • Columbia Pictures
  • Klara and the Sun dir: Taika Waititi | prod: David Heyman • Sony 3000
  • Caught Stealing dir: Daren Aronofsky | prod: Jeremy Dawson • Columbia Pictures

2025

  • People We Meet on Vacation dir: Brett Haley | prod: Wyck Godfrey • Sony 3000

2024

  • Harold and the Purple Crayon dir: Carlos Saldanha | prod: John Davis • Columbia Pictures
  • Bad Boys 4 dir: Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah | Prod: Jerry Bruckheimer/Doug Belgrad • Columbia Pictures

2023

  • Equalizer 3 dir: Antoine Fuqua | prod: Todd Black/Jason Blumenthal • Columbia Pictures
  • No Hard Feelings dir: Gene Stupnitsky | prod: Alex Saks • Columbia Pictures
  • Big George Foreman dir: George Tillman, Jr | prod: David Zelon • Affirm Films

2022

  • The Woman King dir: Gina Prince-Bythewood | prod: Cathy Schulman • Tristar Pictures
  • The Man from Toronto dir: Patrick Hughes | prod: Todd Black/Jason Blumenthal • Columbia Pictures
  • Uncharted • dir: Ruben Fleischer | prod: Chuck Roven/Alex Gartner • Columbia Pictures

2021

  • Journal For Jordan dir: Denzel Washington | prod: Todd Black/Jason Blumenthal • Columbia Pictures
  • Fatherhood • dir: Paul Weitz | prod: Marty Bowen Columbia Pictures
  • Cinderella dir: Kay Cannon | prod: Shannon McIntosh/Leo Pearlman Columbia Pictures

2020

  • An American Pickle Dir: Brandon Trost | prod: James Weaver HBO Max
  • Bad Boys 3 dir: Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah | Prod: Jerry Bruckheimer • Columbia Pictures
  • Bloodshot dir: Dave Wilson | prod: Tobe Jaffe Columbia Pictures

2019

  • Charlie’s Angelsdir: Elizabeth Banks | prod: Elizabeth Cantillon • Columbia Pictures
  • Escape Room dir: Adam Robitel | prod: Neal Mortiz/Ori Marmur • Columbia Pictures

2018

  • The Girl in the Spider’s Web dir: Fede Alvarez | prod: Elizabeth Cantillon Columbia Pictures
  • Equalizer 2dir: Antoine Fuqua | prod: Todd Black/Jason Blumenthal Columbia Pictures
  • Peter Rabbit dir: Will Gluck | prod: Zareh Nalbandian Columbia Pictures

2017

  • Baby Driver dir: Edgar Wright | prod: Tom Bevan/Eric Felner/Nira Park Tristar Pictures

2016

  • Passengers dir: Morten Tyldem | prod: Neal Mortiz/Ori Marmur Columbia Pictures
  • The Shallows dir: Jaume Collet-Sera | prod: Lynne Harris/Matti Leshem Columbia Pictures
  • Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk dir: Ang Lee | prod: Marc Platt/Rhodri Thomas Tristar Pictures
  • Money Monster dir: Jodie Foster | prod: Grant Heslov Tristar Pictures
  • The 5Th Wave dir: J Blakeson | prod: Lynn Harris/Graham King/Matt Plouffe Columbia Pictures

2015

  • Concussion dir: Peter Landesman | prod: Elizabeth Cantillon Columbia Pictures
  • Ricki and the Flash dir: Jonathan Demme | prod: Marc Platt Sony Releasing
  • Paul Blart Mall Cop 2 dir: Andy Fickman, prod Todd Garner/Adam Sandler: Columbia Pictures
  • Freaks of Nature dir: Robbie Pickering | prod: Matt Tolmach Columbia Pictures

2014

  • The Interview dir: Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg | prod: James Weaver Columbia Pictures
  • 22 Jump Street dir: Phil Lord & Chris Miller | prod: Neal Moritz Columbia Pictures
  • Fury dir: David Ayers | prod: Bill Block/John Lesher Columbia Pictures
  • The Equalizer dir: Antoine Fuqua | prod: Todd Black/Jason Blumenthal Columbia Pictures
  • Sex Tape dir: Jake Kasdan | prod: Todd Black/Jason Blumenthal Columbia Pictures
  • Heaven is For Real dir: Randall Wallace | prod: Joe Roth Tristar Pictures

2013

  • Captain Phillips dir: Paul Greengrass | prod: Mike De Luca.Dana Brunetti Columbia Pictures
  • Grown Ups 2 dir: Dennis Dugan | prod: Jack Giarraputo/Adam Sandler Columbia Pictures
  • This is the End dir: Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg | prod: James Weaver Columbia Pictures

2012

  • 21 Jump Street dir: Phil Lord & Chris Miller | prod: Neal Mortiz Columbia Pictures
  • Here Comes The Boom dir: Frank Coraci | prod: Jack Giarraputo/Adam Sandler Columbia Pictures
  • That’s My Boy dir: Sean Anders | prod: Jack Giarraputo/Adam Sandler Columbia Pictures

Visual Effects Producer

  • The Apparition – Warner Bros / Method Studios (2012)
  • Man on a Ledge – Summit Entertainment (2012)
  • Project X – Warner Bros (2012)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides – Disney / CIS Hollywood (2011)
  • The Warriors Way – Relativity Media (2010)

Visual Effects Artist/Supervisor

Columbus Circle (2012) • Garfield (2004) • Bad Boys II (2003) • X2: Men United (2003) • Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) • Stuart Little 2 (2002) • Charlie’s Angels (2000) • Hollow Man (2000) • Pitch Black (2000) • Titus (1999) • Alien Love Triangle (1999) • Lost in Space (1998) • The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) • A Life Less Ordinary (1997) • The City of Lost Children (1995)