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Lee Eisenberg

Lee Eisenberg

Producer and writer · Born April 5, 1977 (49) · Needham, Massachusetts, USA

Primetime Emmy nominee · BAFTA Award nominee · 3 other major award bodies

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. 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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 5, 1977 (49)
From
Needham, Massachusetts, USA
Works as
Producer and writer
Titles
20 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 4% in 30 days

What are Lee Eisenberg's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
39%
Bonds
30%
Society
17%
Morality
10%
Power
2%
Ideas
2%
Self-worth5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 5 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 0 · Intense 0

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1

Funny: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their funny movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 5

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
7
Warm
5
Absurd
4
Thrilling
3
Manic
2
Other
7

How their films linger

Feel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Lee Eisenberg's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Apple TV (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Lee Eisenberg's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

25 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Brothers(2026)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows

  • Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 8 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer

  • Stick(2025)

    Show 20 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • The GOAT(2024)

    Show 10 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • The Garfield Movie(2024)

    Additional Writing · Writer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Lessons in Chemistry(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Teleplay · as Funeral Director

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Jury Duty Presents(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Queer as Folk(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • WeCrashed(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Little America(2020)

    Show 16 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Teleplay

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows

  • Good Boys(2019)

    Producer · Writer · as Leigh Eisenberg

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • SMILF(2017)

    Show 18 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • Downward Dog(2017)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • The Angry Birds Movie(2016)

    Creative Consultant

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Hello Ladies: The Movie(2014)

    Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Bad Teacher(2014)

    Show 13 episodes · Characters · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows

  • Hello Ladies(2013)

    Show 8 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Trophy Wife(2013)

    Show 22 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • Stephen Merchant: Hello Ladies... Live! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Executive Producer · Writer

  • Bad Teacher(2011)

    Executive Producer · Screenplay · as Blacksmith (Re-Enactor)

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Year One(2009)

    Screenplay · as Sodom Sentry

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • The Office(2005)

    Show 50 episodes · Director · Co-Executive Producer · Producer · Writer · as Gino

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • The Mind of the Married Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Once and Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • The Sham (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 24 titles, 22 of them dated from 2001 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Garfield Movie (2024)

$257M worldwide

Highest rated

Jury Duty Presents (2023)

Midcredits 88th

Most popular right now

Stick (2025)

Film career

MilestoneNomination

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting5 of 24: 0 only acting, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score68thDirecting1 of 24: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting13 of 24: 1 only writing, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score68thProducing20 of 24: 7 only producing, 13 with another role · typical Midcredits score61stOther crew9 of 24: 2 only other crew, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score66th

24 titles, 14 with more than one role — producing and writing overlap on 11 of them.

By decade

2000s3 · 2 acting · 3 crew2010s9 · 2 acting · 9 crew2020s10 · 1 acting · 10 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

1 major award from 23 major nominations, 2006–2024.

WinNomination
  1. 2024
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
    • +3 other major bodies · 6 nominations
      • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy Series
      • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Limited Series
      • Writers Guild Award, nominated · New Series
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best New Scripted Series
  2. 2023
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
  3. 2021
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · International
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best New Scripted Series
  4. 2015
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Television Movie
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special
  5. 2011
    • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy Series
  6. 2010
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy Series
  7. 2009
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy Series
  8. 2008
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy Series
Show 2 earlier years
  1. 2007
    • Writers Guild Award, won · Comedy Series
  2. 2006
    • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy Series
    • Writers Guild Award, nominated · New Series

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Lee Eisenberg's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 43rd percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 35th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

97thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 20 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 20 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · producer

Queer as Folk (2022)

87th percentile spread · 34% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, director, writer, producer

The Office (2005)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 52/100 and the plot and story 38/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Lee Eisenberg's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films and frightening / intense lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles6–45 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles25–63 · median 46 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles38–87 · median 62 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles25–80 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles9–34 · median 20 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Lee Eisenberg work with?

People who share at least 2 of Lee Eisenberg's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Gene Stupnitsky shares the most, 7.

Writers

Composers and cinematographers

Producers