Michael Eisner
Michael Dammann Eisner (born March 7, 1942) is an American businessman. Eisner was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Walt Disney Company from September 1984 to September 2005. Prior to Disney, Eisner was President and CEO of rival film studio Paramount Pictures from 1976 to 1984, and had brief stints at the major television networks NBC, CBS, and ABC. Eisner was born to an affluent, secular Jewish family in Mount Kisco, New York. He was raised on Park Avenue in Manhattan. His mother, Margaret (née Dammann), whose family founded the American Safety Razor Company, was the president of the Irvington Institute, a hospital that treated children with rheumatic fever. His father, Lester Eisner, Jr., was a lawyer and regional administrator of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. His great-grandfather, Sigmund Eisner, established a very successful clothing company that was one of the first uniform suppliers to the Boy Scouts of America, and his great-grandmother, Bertha Weiss, belonged to an immigrant family that established the town of Red Bank, New Jersey. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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- 2024 · Jim Henson Idea Man as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Once Upon a Time in Anaheim as Self
- 2021 · The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World as Self
- 2021 · Wahl Street as Self - Former Chairman & CEO of The Walt Disney Company
- 2020 · The Happy Days of Garry Marshall as Self
- 2019 · On Broadway as Self
- 2015 · In Their Own Words: Jim Henson as Self - Former CEO, Walt Disney Company
- 2013 · A Single Shot as Dean
- 2011 · Pride of The Lion King as Himself
- 2009 · Waking Sleeping Beauty as Himself
- 2007 · The Pixar Story as Self
- 2006 · Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' as Self
- 2006 · Sketches of Frank Gehry as Self
- 2006 · Conversations with Michael Eisner as Himself - Host
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self
- 2004 · Michael Moore Hates America as Self
- 2001 · Walt Disney: One Man's Dream as Self
- 2001 · Disney's California Adventure Grand Opening Special as
- 1997 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Himself - Host
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1995 · Alien Encounters from New Tomorrowland as Himself
- 1992 · Mickey's Audition as Michael Eisner
- 1991 · The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic as Self
- 1990 · Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special as Self - Host
- 1990 · The Muppets at Walt Disney World as Himself
- 1990 · Arata Isozaki II: International Projects as Self
- 1989 · Euro Disney Noël as
- 1988 · Mickey's 60th Birthday as Self
- 1986 · George Lucas' Star Tours as
- 1986 · The Making of Captain EO as Self
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Self - Host