- Breck Eisner
Breck Eisner (born 1970) is the son of former Walt Disney Company chief executive
Michael Eisner . He attended the Harvard High School inNorth Hollywood, CA (now Harvard-Westlake),Georgetown University , and then the film school at USC.For a directing project at Georgetown, he filmed a contemporary riff on "Alice in Wonderland", shooting scenes in the vast empty attic of
Healy Hall on the campus, as well as in an abandoned circular trolley-car tunnel under Dupont Circle in the District of Columbia. He also directed a Shakespeare play on the campus.Eisner currently works as a director of film and television. He is married to Georgia Irwin.
In October 2005, it was announced that Eisner would direct a remake of the classic monster movie "
Creature from the Black Lagoon ", and in February 2008 it was announced that he would direct a remake ofGeorge Romero 'sThe Crazies . [ [http://iconsoffright.com/news/2008/02/breck_eisner_directing_the_cra.html Icons of Fright] ]Filmography
As a Director
* "
Fear Itself " (2008) TV Series (Episode "The Sacrifice")
* "Beyond " Fox Television pilot (2005)
* "Sahara" (2005)
* "Thought Crimes " USA Network pilot (2003)
* "Steven Spielberg Presents Taken " (2002) (mini-series), episode "Jacob and Jesse"
* "The Invisible Man" (2000), a TV series pilot
* "Recon" (1996)Various commercials, including one for Powerbar in 1999.
As an Actor
* "
The Auteur Theory " (1999), playing Moshe from the "film" "Brooklyn Will Be Ours"References
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