Birth Name: Michael Breckenridge Eisner
Place of Birth: U.S.
Date of Birth: April 26, 1970
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*Scottish, Swedish (mother)
Breck Eisner is an American film and television director.
Breck is the son of Jane (Breckenridge) and businessperson Michael Eisner (born Michael Dammann Eisner), who was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company, from 1984 until 2005.
Breck’s father is Jewish (of Austrian Jewish, Czech Jewish/Bohemian Jewish, and German Jewish descent). Breck’s mother is a Unitarian, of Scottish and Swedish descent.
Breck’s paternal grandfather was J. Lester Eisner, Jr. (the son of J. Lester Eisner, Sr. and Marguerite Davidson). J. Lester, Sr.’s father, Sigmund Eisner, was a prominent manufacturer, who was born in Horažďovice, Austria (now Czech Republic), the son of Michael Eisner and Catharine/Kateřina Brumel/Bruml, who was from Strazov, Bohemia. J. Lester, Sr.’s mother was Bertha Weiss, who was born in New Jersey, to parents from Austria. Breck’s great-grandmother Marguerite was the daughter of M. M. Davidson and Jessie.
Breck’s paternal grandmother was Margaret Dammann/Damman (the daughter of Milton Dammann/Damman and Reba/Rita Weil). Milton was born in Washington, D.C., to parents from Germany. Reba was born in Georgia, to a father from Germany and a mother from Georgia.
Sources: Genealogy of Breck Eisner (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.geni.com
Breck’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Bertha Weiss, on the 1920 U.S. Census – http://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Breck’s paternal grandmother, Margaret (Dammann/Damman) Eisner – http://articles.orlandosentinel.com
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