Biography
A pug-nosed New York performer turned independent filmmaker Eric Schaeffer began as an actor-writer-director in Off-Off-Broadway productions and also dabbled as a TV writer for the Fox "reality" series "America's Most Wanted" and the animated "Beverly Hills Teens" (syndicated). It was his work as NYC cab driver, however, that helped inspire "My Life's in Turnaround" (1993), the ultra low-budget, light romantic comedy he co-wrote, co-directed …
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Career Milestones
2002 | Produced, wrote and directed "Never Again" (filmed 2000), a romance about a couple in their 50s who fall in love | |
2001 | Had featured role in the NBC drama series "First Years", based on the British series "This Life" | |
2001 | Acted in Harold Zwart's "One Night at McCool's", starring Michael Douglas, Matt Dillon and Liv Tyler | |
1999 | Co-starred in the unsold CBS comedy pilot, "Legal Aid" | |
1999 | Wrote, directed and starred in the comedy "Wirey Spindell" | |
1999 | Had co-starring role on the very short-lived NBC series "Everything's Relative" | |
1998 | Portrayed Gwynne in "Gunshy", a well written and acted entry to the crime genre starring William Petersen; aired on Cinemax before video release | |
1997 | Wrote, produced, directed and starred in third film, "Fall" | |
1996 | Solo directorial debut, "If Lucy Fell" (also actor, co-producer, screenwriter) | |
| Created, produced and co-starred (with Ward) in short-lived Fox sitcom "New York Daze"; series debuted as "Too Something", but the network took the unorthodox approach of a launching a national competition to rename the show, hoping to generate some publicity after its initial slugish performance, despite following "The Simpsons" | ||
1995 | Appeared in "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes", Disney's TV-movie remake of its 1970 feature of the same name | |
1993 | With Donal Lardner Ward, made feature debut as producer. director, writer and star of "My Life's in Turnaround" | |
1992 | Wrote and directed "The Blameless", produced at Duality Playhouse, NYC | |
| Worked as a NYC cab-driver for nine years | ||
| Wrote several episodes of "America's Most Wanted" (Fox) and the syndicated animated series "Beverly Hills Teens" | ||
| Worked Off-Off-Broadway as an actor, writer and director | ||
| Raised on NYC's Upper West Side | ||
Awards
2004 | South by Southwest Film Festival for Narrative Feature Jury Award in Mind the Gap |