Lee Eisenberg
Lee Eisenberg (born April 5, 1977) is an American film and television writer and producer. He usually works with Gene Stupnitsky, with whom he founded Quantity Entertainment.
Life and career
Eisenberg was born in
Television
In 2005, Eisenberg and Stupnitsky joined the staff of the
In 2013, Eisenberg and Stupnitsky were listed as two of Deadline Hollywood's "Overachievers" of pilot season. Along with Stephen Merchant, they created, executive produced, and wrote for the HBO series Hello Ladies, which ran for one season and concluded with a feature-length special. That same year, they wrote a pilot for ABC based on the popular BBC series Pulling, in addition to serving as executive producers on the series Trophy Wife on ABC. They also executive produced the series Bad Teacher for CBS, which is based on their original screenplay.
Film
Eisenberg and Stupnitsky have worked together on several screenplays, many of which they have produced as well. Along with Harold Ramis, they wrote the screenplay for Year One, which starred Jack Black and Michael Cera, and was released in 2009. Following that, they wrote and produced the film Bad Teacher, which starred Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake. They were to serve as producers of a proposed sequel.
Eisenberg and Stupnitsky wrote a screenplay for
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Writer | Executive Producer |
---|---|---|---|
2009 | Year One | Yes | No |
2011 | Bad Teacher | Yes | Yes |
2019 | Good Boys | Yes | No |
Television
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Executive Producer |
Creator | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | The Mind of the Married Man | No | Yes | No | No | Episode "Never Stop" |
2005-2010 | The Office
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 15 episodes (writer); Directed episodes "Michael Scott Paper Company" (Uncredited) and "The Lover" |
2013-2014 | Hello Ladies | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9 episodes |
2014 | Bad Teacher | No | No | Yes | No | |
Trophy Wife | No | Yes | Yes | No | Episode "Mother's Day" | |
2016 | Gorgeous Morons | No | Yes | Yes | No | TV movie |
2017 | Downward Dog | No | No | Yes | No | Episode "Pilot" |
SMILF | No | No | Yes | No | 9 episodes | |
2020 | Little America | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Episode "The Rock" |
2022 | WeCrashed | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8 episodes |
2023 | Jury Duty | No | No | Yes | Yes | 8 episodes |
2023 | Lessons in Chemistry | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Developer, wrote 4 episodes |
References
- ^ The Creators of Little America in Conversation. 10 March 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (20 July 2018). "Universal R-Rated Kids Comedy 'Good Boys' From Seth Rogen's Point Grey Adds Four". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ Earp, Catherine (3 August 2018). "Seth Rogen apologises for use of blackface on his new film Good Boys". Digital Spy. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ McNary, Dave (20 March 2018). "Jacob Tremblay to Star in Comedy 'Good Boys' for Universal". Variety. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
External links
- Lee Eisenberg at IMDb