- Eric Eisner
Eric Eisner is the son of Disney magnate
Michael Eisner and a producer. He currently co-owns the film production company L+E Productions.Career in Entertainment
Eisner started his entertainment career in sports, working for the NHL team, the Anaheim Ducks. There he worked in the hockey operations department and helped renegotiate both the radio and television contracts. Eisner also spent two years as a talent scout and participated in the scout table during those NHL entry drafts.
Eisner founded the popular original content site, Romp.com. The site produced original short form animations and live action shows. Eisner wrote and directed the film, Jake’s Booty Call, an animated feature length film based on a short on Romp.com and distributed by National Lampoon.
In 2006, Eisner founded L + E productions. L+E Production's production of
Hamlet 2 won wide acclaim as a late entry to theSundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah in January 2008. After the screening, an all-night bidding war took place for rights to distribution, which Focus Features won for a near-record $10 million, acquiring worldwide rights to the film. Hamlet 2 is the first Eisner film to be featured at Sundance.Personal life
In early February 2008, Eric got engaged to
Alice + Olivia fashion designer Stacey Bendet. They are currently expecting their first child. [cite web|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/02/celine_dion_is_fing_with_the_c.html|title=Alice + Olive designer Stacey Bendet got engaged to Eric Eisner, son of former Disney chief Michael Eisner|accessdate=2008-02-26] .On
June 1 , 2008, the couple wed in a quiet ceremony on the Caribbean island of Anguilla without their family or friends. The couple were married in an intimate ceremony on the beach by a local rabbi.Eisner holds a
Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College and aMaster of Business Administration from theUCLA Anderson School of Management.ee also
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Michael Eisner
*The Walt Disney Company
*Hamlet 2 References
External links
*Imdb name|id=0252140|name=Eric Eisner
* [http://www.leprods.com/ L+E Productions]
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