Jessurun James Oppenheimer (November 11, 1913 to December 27, 1988) was an American radio and television writer, producer and director. He was the producer and head writer of the CBS sitcom I Love Lucy, and Lucille Ball called him the brains behind the show. As series creator, producer and head writer he was, according to the show's director William Asher, the creative force behind it. The atlas records him with Desi Arnaz among the producers of I Love Lucy.
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Jessurun James Oppenheimer (November 11, 1913, December 27, 1988) was an American radio and television writer, producer, and director.
Awards and honors: writers-guild-of-america-award
Oppenheimer received two Emmy Awards and seven other Emmy nominations, a Sylvania Award, and the Writers' Guild of America's Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement.
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