Arvin Brown (born May 24, 1940) is an American theatre and television director and was the Artistic Director of the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut for 30 years.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Brown made his Broadway directorial debut with a 1970 revival of Noël Coward's Hay Fever. Subsequent credits include The National Health (1974), Ah, Wilderness! (1975), Watch on the Rhine (1980), A View from the Bridge (1983), American Buffalo (1983), Requiem for a Heavyweight (1985), A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1985), All My Sons (1987), Private Lives (1992), and The Twilight of the Golds (1993).
Brown has directed for numerous television series, including multiple episodes of The Practice, Ally McBeal, Crossing Jordan, Kevin Hill, Everwood, and The Closer, and single episodes for Picket Fences, Party of Five, Chicago Hope, Dawson's Creek, Judging Amy, Ed, and Shark, among many others.
He has made one feature film, Diary of the Dead (1976), starring Geraldine Fitzgerald, Hector Elizondo, and Salome Jens. He is currently working on another film, Hurricane Mary, starring Dakota Fanning, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Cooper, William H. Macy, and Laura San Giacomo, in pre-production.
Was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Director (Dramatic) two years in a row: in 1975 for "The National Health" and in 1976 for a revival of 'Eugene ONeill (I)'s "Ah, Wilderness!"
