Noah Oppenheim

Noah Oppenheim (born, 1978) is a writer, Emmy-winning television producer, and President of NBC News. Previously, Oppenheim was the executive in charge of NBCs Today Show, head of development at Reveille, and senior producer of NBCs Today Show, where he supervised the 7–8am hour of the broadcast.He won the Best Screenplay Award at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival for writing Jackie, starring Natalie Portman and directed by Pablo Larraín.Oppenheim wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of James Dashners young adult, science-fiction, dystopian, fantasy novel, The Maze Runner. He also wrote the screenplay for The Divergent Series: Allegiant – Part 1, the first film of the two-part finale in the Divergent film franchise. Oppenheim is also co-author of The New York Times Bestseller The Intellectual Devotional: American History.Prior to NBCs Today Show, Oppenheim co-created CNBCs Mad Money with Jim Cramer, was executive producer of Scarborough Country, and senior producer of Hardball with Chris Matthews. At NBC News, Oppenheim led coverage of presidential elections, 9/11, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as the Olympics.

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