---
name: "Deborah Eisenberg"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/deborah-eisenberg"
fi1m_id: "deborah-eisenberg"
imdb_id: "nm0251977"
tmdb_id: 2391251
wikidata_id: "Q528096"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "20 November 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T10:44:39.900674+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Deborah Eisenberg

## Identity

Deborah Eisenberg

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/deborah-eisenberg
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** deborah-eisenberg
- **IMDb ID:** nm0251977
- **TMDB ID:** 2391251
- **Wikidata ID:** Q528096
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Eisenberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q528096, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0251977/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2391251

Writer. Born 20 November 1945 in Winnetka, Illinois, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 20 November 1945, Winnetka, Illinois, U.S.
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Eisenberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q528096, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0251977/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2391251

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Let Them All Talk*](https://film.one/film/let-them-all-talk.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Deborah Eisenberg is an American short story writer, actress and teacher. Born on 20 November 1945 in Winnetka, Illinois, she is a professor of writing at Columbia University.

She has published five collections of short stories, beginning with *Transactions in a Foreign Currency* (1986). Eisenberg wrote the screenplay for the 2020 film *Let Them All Talk*, directed by Steven Soderbergh; the production used her treatment as the basis for largely improvised dialogue. She has also written the play *Pastorale* (1982) and appeared in several films and television productions.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Let Them All Talk* (2020), Fi1m 64, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/let-them-all-talk.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Let Them All Talk* (2020), Screenplay — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/let-them-all-talk.md)
- *Search Party* (2016), series, as Mercy — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/tv/search-party-2016.md)
- *While We're Young* (2015), as New School Woman
- *Gossip Girl* (2007), series, as Deborah Eisenberg
- *Marie and Bruce* (2004), as Ilsa
- *Saigon: Year of the Cat* (1983), as Debbie

## Gallery

- ![Deborah Eisenberg](https://film.one/media/person/9275/gallery-c01d2f4b5945.jpg) Deborah Eisenberg — Tulane Public Relations, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Deborah_Eisenberg_%284098456091%29.jpg/1280px-Deborah_Eisenberg_%284098456091%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Deborah Eisenberg (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/9275/gallery-e052729c3155.jpg) Deborah Eisenberg (2009) — Tulane Public Relations, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Deborah_Eisenberg_%284098456091%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Deborah_Eisenberg_%284098456091%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Author Deborah Eisenberg speaks at Tulane University in 2009 (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/9275/gallery-76af323ee0e9.jpg) Author Deborah Eisenberg speaks at Tulane University in 2009 (2021) — File:Deborah Eisenberg (4098456091).jpg: Tulane Public Relations
derivative work: Innisfree987, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Deborah_Eisenberg_%284098456091%29_crop.jpg/1280px-Deborah_Eisenberg_%284098456091%29_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- !["Defining the Moment: USA 2011: Where Are We?" (Living in the Age of Anxiety) Brooklyn Book Festival](https://film.one/media/person/9275/gallery-ea26432b364e.jpg) "Defining the Moment: USA 2011: Where Are We?" (Living in the Age of Anxiety) Brooklyn Book Festival — editrrix, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Harold_Augenbraum%2C_Wallace_Shawn%2C_Deborah_Eisenberg%2C_Fran_Lebowitz_%286160560453%29.jpg/1280px-Harold_Augenbraum%2C_Wallace_Shawn%2C_Deborah_Eisenberg%2C_Fran_Lebowitz_%286160560453%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- !["Defining the Moment: USA 2011: Where Are We?" (Living in the Age of Anxiety) Brooklyn Book Festival](https://film.one/media/person/9275/gallery-2ca1e69c8114.jpg) "Defining the Moment: USA 2011: Where Are We?" (Living in the Age of Anxiety) Brooklyn Book Festival — editrrix, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Harold_Augenbraum%2C_Wallace_Shawn%2C_Deborah_Eisenberg%2C_Fran_Lebowitz_%286160564537%29.jpg/1280px-Harold_Augenbraum%2C_Wallace_Shawn%2C_Deborah_Eisenberg%2C_Fran_Lebowitz_%286160564537%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won

- PEN/Malamud Award 2015: PEN/Malamud Award (won)
- O. Henry Award 2006: O. Henry Award (won)
- Guggenheim Fellowship 1987: Guggenheim Fellowship (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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