Arvin Brown

Known for
Directing
Born
May 24, 1940 (age 86)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Arvin Brown (born May 24, 1940) is an Americantheatre and television director and was the Artistic Director of the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut for 30 years. He was married to actress Joyce Ebert until her death in 1997. 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), Open Admissions (1984), 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 NCIS, Leverage, Lie to Me, 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, Private Practice and Shark, among many others. He has made one feature film, Diary of the Dead (1976), starring Geraldine Fitzgerald, Hector Elizondo, and Salome Jens.

Known For

Filmography

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Brookfield

Brookfield

Movie · Director

2015
Complications poster

Complications

TV · Director · 1 ep

2014
NCIS: New Orleans poster

NCIS: New Orleans

TV · Director · 1 ep

2010
Rizzoli & Isles poster

Rizzoli & Isles

TV · Director · 1 ep

2009
Lie to Me poster

Lie to Me

TV · Director · 1 ep

2009
Hawthorne poster

Hawthorne

TV · Director · 1 ep

2008
Leverage poster

Leverage

TV · Director · 4 eps

2007
Private Practice poster

Private Practice

TV · Director · 2 eps

2007
The Wedding Bells poster

The Wedding Bells

TV · Director · 1 ep

2006
Shark poster

Shark

TV · Director · 1 ep

2006
Men in Trees poster

Men in Trees

TV · Director · 2 eps

2006
My Boys poster

My Boys

TV · Director · 1 ep

2005
Related poster

Related

TV · Director · 1 ep

2005
The Closer poster

The Closer

TV · Director · 8 eps

2004
Jack & Bobby poster

Jack & Bobby

TV · Director · 1 ep

2004
Kevin Hill poster

Kevin Hill

TV · Director · 4 eps

2003
The Gin Game poster

The Gin Game

Movie · Director

2003
Declaration of Independence poster

Declaration of Independence

Movie · Director

2003
Blessings poster

Blessings

Movie · Director

2003
Open House poster

Open House

Movie · Director

2003
Miss Match poster

Miss Match

TV · Director · 1 ep

2003
NCIS poster

NCIS

TV · Director · 24 eps

2002
Everwood poster

Everwood

TV · Director · 5 eps

2001
Just Ask My Children poster

Just Ask My Children

Movie · Director

2001
The Guardian poster

The Guardian

TV · Director · 1 ep

2001
Crossing Jordan poster

Crossing Jordan

TV · Director · 4 eps

2001
The Agency poster

The Agency

TV · Director · 1 ep

2000
Ed poster

Ed

TV · Director · 1 ep

1999
Snoops poster

Snoops

TV · Director · 1 ep

1999
Popular poster

Popular

TV · Director · 1 ep

1999
Once and Again poster

Once and Again

TV · Director · 1 ep

1999
Judging Amy poster

Judging Amy

TV · Director · 1 ep

1999
Roswell poster

Roswell

TV · Director · 1 ep

1998
Change of Heart poster

Change of Heart

Movie · Director

1998
Any Day Now poster

Any Day Now

TV · Director · 1 ep

1998
To Have & to Hold poster

To Have & to Hold

TV · Director · 1 ep

1998
Dawson's Creek poster

Dawson's Creek

TV · Director · 1 ep

1997
The Practice poster

The Practice

TV · Director · 9 eps

1997
Ally McBeal poster

Ally McBeal

TV · Director · 3 eps

1996
Relativity poster

Relativity

TV · Director · 1 ep

1994
Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope

TV · Director · 1 ep

1994
Party of Five poster

Party of Five

TV · Director · 1 ep

1983
Close Ties

Close Ties

Movie · Director

1978
Amahl and the Night Visitors poster

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Movie · Director

1976
Diary of the Dead poster

Diary of the Dead

Movie · Director

1976
Ah, Wilderness! poster

Ah, Wilderness!

Movie · Director

1975
Forget-Me-Not Lane poster

Forget-Me-Not Lane

Movie · Director

1974
The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd poster

The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd

Movie · Director

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · Director · 1 ep