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Robert Eisele. Writer: The Great Debaters. Robert Eisele's screenplay for the movie, "The Great Debaters", was directed by Denzel Washington, who also played the starring role. His script won the Writers Guild of America's Paul Selvin Award.
- January 1, 1
- Producer, Writer, Actor
- Altadena, California, USA
- Robert Eisele
Robert Eisele. Writer: The Great Debaters. Robert Eisele's screenplay for the movie, "The Great Debaters", was directed by Denzel Washington, who also played the starring role. His script won the Writers Guild of America's Paul Selvin Award.
Eisele’s RESURRECTION BLVD. teleplay, NINO DEL POLVO (CHILD OF THE DUST), received a WRITERS GUILD AWARD nomination, the third of his career and the first for a Showtime series. Eisele’s ESPN film, “3: THE DALE EARNHARDT STORY,” received the second highest rating for any cable movie that season.
Birthday: Jun 9, 1948. Birthplace: Altadena, California, USA. Playwright Robert Eisele enjoyed a successful and critically acclaimed career as a writer and producer for film and television ...
Robert Eisele’s movie career began with the production of his screenplay BREACH OF CONTRACT, starring Peter Coyote. Though his focus also turned to television, he’s remained active in feature films, writing screenplays for studios and independents.
Eisele went on to write nine episodes of THE EQUALIZER, the original series, and served as the show’s supervising producer. He executive produced the Alma Award-winning series RESURRECTION BLVD. for Showtime, the first Latino drama on American television, and served as co-showrunner.
Apr 14, 2024 · Screenwriter Robert Eisele and his story collaborator Jeffrey Porro are slated to receive the Writers Guild of America West's prestigious 2008 Paul Selvin Award, celebrating written work that embodies the spirit of constitutional rights and civil liberties, for their thought-provoking screenplay for The Great Debaters.
