218 | Lessons In Chemistry, The Office, and Jury Duty: Lee Eisenberg's Multi-Genre Screenwriting Career

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 87 minutes

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JOIN TSL WORKSHOPS: https://tslworkshops.circle.so How does a TV writer go from working on a classic sitcom (The Office), to a deeply-felt immigrant dramedy (Little America), to creating a hidden camera show (Jury Duty), and most recently, creating an Emmy-nominated female-driven workplace drama (Lessons in Chemistry)? Hard work. Despite his mega-career, Lee Eisenberg doesn't believe he is in the upper echelon of Hollywood's most talented writers, but he does believe he outworks almost anyone else in town. Tune in to find out how you can, too.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome back to the screenwriting life. I'm Lorian McKenna and Meg isn't here today, but with me is producer Jeff. And today we are very excited to welcome Lee Eisenberg to the show.
0:15.0	Lee Eisenberg is a Baphta nominated
0:17.0	P-Babody Award winning an eight-time Emmy-nominated writer of TV and features.
0:21.0	He got his start writing on the office,
0:22.8	eventually rising in the ranks to directing, EPing,
0:25.2	and acting in the show.
0:26.7	He went on to create Hello Ladies for HBO,
0:28.8	a show I love very much, I must admit.
0:30.9	Little America for Apple TV Plus and Jury Duty for Freevy, which is another show I really, really love.
0:36.0	Most recently, he created Lessons and Chemistry for Apple TV, which was nominated for 10 Emmys, including 5 Prime Time Emmys. As a feature writer he co-wrote
0:45.5	year one bad teacher and good boys which he also produced alongside Seth
0:49.7	Roggan and Evan Goldberg. Hi Lee, welcome to the show.
0:53.2	Hello, how's it going?
0:55.0	So good.
0:55.6	We're thrilled to have you.
0:56.3	Thanks for being here.
0:57.5	I can't wait to talk about lessons in chemistry
1:00.4	and how I wept through the whole thing.
1:03.0	So I don't know if you had that.
1:05.0	Good, a good cry.
1:06.0	You know, I've heard that a few times.
1:08.0	Yeah, but I was really surprised.
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