Michael Eisner

Biography

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

Known For

The View

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Wonderful World of Disney

Wahl Street

Jim Henson Idea Man

The Pixar Story

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration

All Movies (29)

• Jim Henson Idea Man2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Once Upon a Time in Anaheim2023 · as Self
• The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World2021 · as Self
• The Happy Days of Garry Marshall2020 · as Self
• On Broadway2019 · as Self
• In Their Own Words: Jim Henson2015 · as Self - Former CEO, Walt Disney Company
• Pride of The Lion King2011 · as Self
• Waking Sleeping Beauty2009 · as Self
• The Pixar Story2007 · as Self
• Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'2006 · as Self
• Sketches of Frank Gehry2006 · as Self
• Michael Moore Hates America2004 · as Self
• Walt Disney: One Man's Dream2001 · as Self
• Disney's California Adventure Grand Opening Special2001
• Soarin' Over California2001 · as Golfer (uncredited)
• Alien Encounters from New Tomorrowland1995 · as Self
• The Making of The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror1994 · as Self - Walt Disney Company
• Mickey's Audition1992 · as Michael Eisner
• The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland1992 · as Self
• The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic1991 · as Self
• Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration1990 · as Self - Host
• The Muppets at Walt Disney World1990 · as Self
• Arata Isozaki II: International Projects1990 · as Self
• Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade1989 · as Self
• Euro Disney Noël1989 · as Self
• Mickey's 60th Birthday1988 · as Self
• George Lucas' Star Tours1986
• The Making of Captain EO1986 · as Self
• Donald, the Star-Struck Duck1986 · as Himself

All TV Shows (6)

• Wahl Street2021 · as Self - Former Chairman & CEO of The Walt Disney Company
• Conversations with Michael Eisner2006 · as Himself - Host
• The Tony Danza Show2004 · as Self
• The Wonderful World of Disney1997 · as Self - Host
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Self - Host