| Brian Hill | |
| Birth Place: | Kitchener, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation: | Director, playwright |
| Language: | English |
| Nationality: | Canadian & American |
| Genres: | --> |
| Notablework: | Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Story of My Life, revised book of Brigadoon, The Theory of Relativity |
| Awards: | 2009 Drama Desk Award nominee |
| Years Active: | 1993–present |
Brian Hill is a Canadian/American director and playwright living in New York City.
Hill has directed new works, revised classics and developmental works for Disney Theatrical Productions, Mirvish Productions, 5th Avenue Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Goodspeed Musicals, TheatreWorks, Segal Centre for Performing Arts,The Shaw Festival of Canada and The Stratford Festival of Canada. Hill was the original director of Come From Away and creator of the musical's foundational physical vocabulary.[1] He was resident director of the Toronto and Broadway companies of The Lion King and associate director of the Broadway production of The Little Mermaid.[2]
As an actor he spent three seasons with the Shaw Festival, originated the role of Frankie (Dora Award for outstanding actor) in the original Canadian cast of Forever Plaid, played Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera and Joe in Sunset Boulevard.[3]