Debra Eisenstadt is an American writer, director, producer and editor.

Career

Eisenstadt began her career as an actress, most notably starring in the theater and film versions of David Mamet’s Oleanna opposite William H. Macy. Eisenstadt wrote, produced, directed, shot and edited the feature film Daydream Believer, winner of an Independent Spirit Award and The Grand Jury Prize at the Slamdance Film Festival. Similarly, she helmed three other independent features: the award-winning films The Limbo Room (with Melissa Leo, Peter Dinklage), Before the Sun Explodes, and Blush starring Wendi McLendon-Covey. Eisenstadt Executive Produced the acclaimed documentaries Moonage Daydream, the Grammy Award winning film about David Bowie https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonage_Daydream_(film) which premiered at Cannes (2022) Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, Sundance (2015) and Jane, the Emmy award-winning 2017 documentary about Jane Goodall. Eisenstadt is an Academy Nicholl finalist, works as a teacher, script doctor and CASA. Eisenstadt wrote and directed the 2019 film Imaginary Order which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival''.

Personal life

Eisenstadt is married to director Brett Morgen. She is the mother of Sky, Max & Jasper. BA from Bennington College in 1991, MA in Film/Media Studies from New School University in 2001.