David Jerome Oppenheim (April 13, 1922 – November 14, 2007) was an American clarinetist, and classical music and television producer.

During this time he worked with numerous major figures in the music world including Igor Stravinsky, with whom he formed a friendship, later producing for him.

[10] On January 11, 1955, David Oppenheim attended Canadian pianist Glenn Gould's New York debut.

[11] In the 1960s, he worked for the television production company under Robert Saudek, and helped produce Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic.

[1] In 1964, Oppenheim wrote, produced and directed Casals at 88, a documentary about the cellist, which garnered the Prix Italia.

[3] In 1985 he obtained a $7.5 million grant from the Tisch brothers, Laurence and Preston, which helped centralize the school in one location, a 12-story building at 721 Broadway.

)[13] Oppenheim and Holliday had a son, Jonathan, who became a film editor[14] whose work includes Paris Is Burning, Children Underground, and Arguing the World.

They had a daughter, Sara, and a son, Thomas,[3] who became president and artistic director of Stella Adler Studio of Acting.