Lee Eisenberg

This article is about the television writer; for information about the man who took hostages at a New Hampshire Hillary Clinton campaign office, see Leeland Eisenberg.

Lee Eisenberg is a film and television writer. He usually works with Gene Stupnitsky.

Life and career

In television, he wrote for the NBC comedy series The Office from seasons 2 to 6, and 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 has written for an independent short film Flush and he has one upcoming project slated: an untitled CollegeHumor movie. There are reports surfacing regarding about Eisenberg along with Stupnitsky writing a screenplay for a new instalment of Ghostbusters.

Along with Stupnitsky, he plays one of the Vance Refrigeration delivery guys (Gino) present in several episodes of The Office.

He graduated from Connecticut College in 1999, and was once a contestant on the game show "Pyramid."

His first acting role was in a One Act play called "Emergency," where he played the 2nd Specialist.

He and Gene wrote the screenplays for Year One, and film Bad Teacher, which starred Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake, and was released in June 2011.

Writing credits for The Office

1. "The Fight" co-written with Gene Stupnitsky (November 1, 2005) - Season 2
2. "The Secret" co-written with Gene Stupnitsky (January 19, 2006) - Season 2
3. "Michael's Birthday" co-written with Gene Stupnitsky (March 30, 2006) - Season 2
4. "The Convention" co-written with Gene Stupnitsky (September 28, 2006) - Season 3
5. "Traveling Salesmen" co-written with Gene Stupnitsky and Michael Schur (January 11, 2007) - Season 3
6. "The Return" co-written with Gene Stupnitsky and Michael Schur (January 18, 2007) - Season 3
7. "Women's Appreciation" co-written with Gene Stupnitsky (May 3, 2007) - Season 3
8. "Dinner Party" co-written with Gene Stupnitsky (April 10, 2008) - Season 4
9. "Job Fair" co-written with Gene Stupnitsky (May 8, 2008) - Season 4
10. "Weight Loss" co-written with Gene Stupnitsky (September 25, 2008) - Season 5
11. "The Surplus" co-written with Gene Stupnitsky (December 4, 2008) - Season 5
12. "New Boss" co-written with Gene Stupnitsky (March 12, 2009) - Season 5
13. "The Lover" co-written with Gene Stupnitsky (October 22, 2009) - Season 6
14. "Scott's Tots" co-written with Gene Stupnitsky (December 3, 2009) - Season 6
15. "The Cover-Up" co-written with Gene Stupnitsky (May 7, 2010) - Season 6

Directing credits for The Office

1. "The Lover" (October 22, 2009) - Season 6

External links

• Lee Eisenberg at the Internet Movie Database