Lee Eisenberg


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
YearTitleWriterExecutive
Producer
2009Year One
2011Bad Teacher
2019Good Boys

TV
YearTitleDirectorWriterExecutive
Producer		CreatorNotes
2002The Mind of the Married ManEpisode "Never Stop"
2005-2010The Office15 episodes ;
Directed episodes "Michael Scott Paper Company"
and "The Lover"
2013-2014Hello Ladies9 episodes
2014Bad Teacher
2014Trophy WifeEpisode "Mother's Day"
2016Gorgeous MoronsTV movie
2017Downward DogEpisode "Pilot"
2017SMILF9 episodes
2020Little AmericaEpisode "The Rock"
2022WeCrashed8 episodes
2023Jury Duty8 episodes
2023Lessons in ChemistryDeveloper, wrote 4 episodes