Heinz Hilpert (1 March 1890 – 25 November 1967) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director.

There he staged the premiere of Der Hauptmann von Köpenick on March 5, 1931, achieving one of his greatest successes.

After the Second World War, Hilpert initially had great problems continuing his theater work because of his career under the Nazis.

As a close friend of Zuckmayer, he premiered his works The Song in the Fire Furnace (1950) and Ulla Winblad (1954.

He is also responsible for the German premiere of the drama Conflict in Assyria (September 15, 1957), a political-satirical allegory of Nazi rule in the guise of the biblical Esther myth, by Walter Hasenclever, which was only released in London under the title Trouble in Assyria was staged in English (April 30, 1939).