George Oppenheimer

George Oppenheimer (7 February 1900 in New York City; † 14 August 1977) was an American screenwriter and songwriter.

Oppenheimer began his career as a script writer in Hollywood in 1933, hired to complete the screenplay of Samuel Goldwyn's comedy Roman Scandals (1933). For the rest of the decade he worked at MGM, often as a script doctor rewriting or polishing an existing scripts.

His contributions are recognized by the Newsday George Oppenheimer Award, which was awarded annually from 1979 to 2007 to the best New York debut production by an American playwright for a non-musical play.

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