The shooting followed an apparent dispute with a neighbour over the trimming of shrubbery outside John Upton Jr's home in Southern California.
The 56-year-old was found dead on Thursday on a path in the garden of his Encinitas property.
San Diego County Sheriff's Department said detectives arrested Michael Vilkin, 61, on suspicion of murder. He was being held without bail, and is expected to appear in court on Tuesday.
Vilkin, in an interview conducted in jail, told KGTV in San Diego he fired gunshots in self-defence after Mr Upton allegedly threatened him with a gun during a dispute over foliage.
Actress Jessica Lange helped John Upton save Romanian orphans A statement from the police department said a dispute between the two men led to the shooting, which was under investigation.
Mr Upton's brother, Michael Upton, told U-T San Diego that his brother and Vilkin had previously argued about trees.
John Upton's work in Romania gained the attention of influential activists, inspiring billionaire philanthropist Richard Branson and actress Jessica Lange to help rescue youngsters from its orphanages.
He went on to create an online network of films about charitable causes called Media4aCause.
Mr Upton was instrumental in bringing an estimated two dozen orphans to the US for medical care and adoption.
The film-maker's Emmy Award came in 1990 for an after-school special on teenage promiscuity.
The same year, after he watched a film about Romanian orphans on ABC's 20/20 programme, Mr Upton decided to help publicise the brutal conditions of the orphans and bring as many as possible to America.
"There just wasn't any doubt in my mind that I could do something, that I could make a difference with these kids," he told The Los Angeles Times in 1990.
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