Lee Eisenberg 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 Needham, Massachusetts. His father is an immigrant from Israel. He graduated from Connecticut College in 1999, after which he wrote the independent short film Flush, and was once a contestant on the game show Pyramid.
Television In 2005, Eisenberg and Stupnitsky joined the staff of the NBC comedy series The Office, where they remained from seasons 2 to 6. In addition to writing, he served as a co-executive producer and directed two episodes with Stupnitsky, "Michael Scott Paper Company" and "The Lover". Although he is not credited for directing "Michael Scott Paper Company", similarly Stupnitsky is not credited for directing "The Lover", as only one person can be credited with directing the episode. They also directed The Outburst, a webisode series for The Office. He acted as Gino, one of the Vance Refrigeration delivery people, along with Stupnitsky, present in several episodes of The Office.
In 2013, Eisenberg and Stupnitsky were listed as two of Deadline Hollywoods "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 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.
Eisenberg and Stupnitsky created the 2023 miniseries Jury Duty winning a Peabody Award for "wrapping up a lesson of civic responsibility within a warmhearted comedic tale, and for creating a bold feat of nonfiction storytelling that proves reality television can, surprisingly, bring out the best in all of us."
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 Ghostbusters III that was not used for the franchise. The duo also wrote the screenplay for Good Boys, which was released in 2019.
Filmography Film Year Title Writer ExecutiveProducer 2009 Year One 2011 Bad Teacher 2019 Good Boys
TV Year Title Director Writer ExecutiveProducer Creator Notes 2002 The Mind of the Married Man Wrote 1 episode 2005–2010 The Office Wrote 16 episodes;Directed episodes "Michael Scott Paper Company" (Uncredited)and "The Lover" 2013–2014 Hello Ladies Wrote 7 episodes Trophy Wife Wrote 1 episode 2014 Bad Teacher 2016 Gorgeous Morons Unaired pilot2017 Downward Dog Episode "Pilot"2027–2019 SMILF 2020–2022 Little America Wrote 2 episodes2022 WeCrashed Wrote 1 episode Queer as Folk 2023Lessons in Chemistry Wrote 4 episodes2023–presentJury Duty Wrote 1 episode 2024 The Goat Reality television series2025–presentStick 2026Brothers Wrote 4 episodes
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