---
name: "George Putnam"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/george-putnam"
fi1m_id: "george-putnam"
imdb_id: "nm0701217"
tmdb_id: 1223930
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "19 August 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:25:47.226998+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# George Putnam

## Identity

George Putnam

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/george-putnam
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** george-putnam
- **IMDb ID:** nm0701217
- **TMDB ID:** 1223930
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0701217/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223930

Writer. Born 19 August 1948 in San Bernardino, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 19 August 1948, San Bernardino, California, USA
- **Active:** 1993–2004
- **Also known as:** George D. Putnam
- **Frequently works with:** [Bernadette McNamara](https://film.one/person/bernadette-mcnamara.md), [David Milch](https://film.one/person/david-milch.md), [Davis Guggenheim](https://film.one/person/davis-guggenheim.md), [Elizabeth Sarnoff](https://film.one/person/elizabeth-sarnoff.md), [Jody Worth](https://film.one/person/jody-worth.md), [Mark Tinker](https://film.one/person/mark-tinker.md), [Ted Mann](https://film.one/person/ted-mann.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (1), 2000s 91 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0701217/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223930

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Deadwood*](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md) (91)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

George Putnam is an American screenwriter and writer, also credited as George D. Putnam. Born on 19 August 1948 in San Bernardino, California, he has written for television and film.

His credits include episodes of the series *NYPD Blue* (1993–1996) and *Deadwood* (2004), the story for the film *Unlawful Entry* (1992), and writing *Fatal Instinct* (1992). He has also worked as an author and ghostwriter.

*Sources: imdb.com, everand.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Deadwood* (2004), Fi1m 91, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), Fi1m 82, Teleplay, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Deadwood* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), series, Writer, Teleplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)
- *To Kill For* (1992), Writer
- *Unlawful Entry* (1992), Story

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