Join us on 26 September at The Margate School to hear Arnold Schwartzman talk about his extraordinary career and some of his personal highlights.

Born in East London in 1936, Arnold Schwartzman moved to Margate after the second World War, when he was 9. His parents ran the Majestic Hotel in Cliftonville. Initially he attended Holy Trinity Primary School, moving on to King Ethelbert School in Birchington-on-Sea in 1947. Following a part as an extra in "The Weaker Sex", which was partially filmed in Margate, he became the assistant cinema projectionist at the Cameo Cinema, Cliftonville, he later enrolled at the Thanet School of Art and Crafts in Hawley Square, Margate before attending Canterbury College of Art. After graduating and a period of national service in Germany and South Korea his professional career took off as a graphic designer, in broadcast television, film maker, advertising art director, public speaker and author of art books, taking him first to Manchester and London before arriving in Los Angeles in the late 1970s, where he has since made his home. Margate has remained very much in his heart and he has maintained strong ties with extended family connections and friends. He is patron of The Margate School and in 2023 became an Honorary Freeman of Margate.