Arild Brinchmann was a Norwegian stage producer, film producer and theatre director.

He was born in Kristiania

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 son of psychologist and writer Alex Brinchmann

Alex Brinchmann

Alexander Brinchmann was a Norwegian children's physician and song writer, novelist, playwright and crime writer. He was a leader of the Norwegian Authors' Union from 1941 to 1945.-Personal life:...

. He produced the two films Ut av mørket

Ut av mørket

Ut av mørket is a 1958 Norwegian film directed by Arild Brinchmann. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Urda Arneberg - Kari Holm* Pål Skjønberg - Per Holm, architect...

(1958) and Høysommer (1958). Ut av mørket was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival

8th Berlin International Film Festival

The 8th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 27 to July 8, 1958.-Jury:* Frank Capra * J. Novais Teixeira* Jean Marais* Paul Rotha* L. B. Rao* Duilio Coletti* Michiko Tanaka* Gerhard T...

. He built up the theatre department of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, and was leader for Fjernsynsteatret

Fjernsynsteatret

Fjernsynsteatret was a department of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation which produced plays for television broadcasting. It opened in 1960 , and operated until 1990, when a major reorganisation of NRK took place.Its first leader was Arild Brinchmann, who headed the theatre from its start...

 from 1959 to 1967. He was theatre director at the National Theatre

Nationaltheatret

The National Theatre in Oslo is one of Norway's largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts.The theatre had its first performance on 1 September 1899 but can trace its origins to Christiania Theatre, which was founded in 1829...

from 1967 to 1978.