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Biography
Eric Weinrib (born 21 April 1972) is an award-winning filmmaker and TV producer from Plainview, New York, U.S.A. He is currently a producer for the Emmy Award-winning documentary series VICE on HBO.
Career
Weinrib is the producer and director of Roseanne for President!, a documentary about comedic icon Roseanne Barr's 2012 run for president of the United States. The movie world premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and won the Founders Prize at the Traverse City Film Festival. The movie received critical acclaim with the New York Times stating "Politics meets celebrity in Eric Weinrib’s fascinating documentary 'Roseanne for President!’” and The Daily Beast calling it “Intimate and brilliantly observed”. The movie was acquired by IFC Films and opened theatrically July 1, 2016. The movie became available for streaming on the Hulu platform on Inauguration Day 2017. Newsweek selected it as "one of seven movies and shows to watch" online the following weekend.
Weinrib is a long-time collaborator of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore as an Archival Researcher on Fahrenheit 9/11, which won the Palme d'Or at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival; Coordinating Producer on Moore’s Academy Award-nominated SiCKO; and Associate Producer on Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story. Moore describes Weinrib “one of my all-time favorite producers to work with." Weinrib was a staff writer on season one of Comedy Central’s ‘Strangers with Candy’ starring Stephen Colbert and Amy Sedaris.
Eric’s short film, Jimmy Walks Away, was an Official Selection of the 1997 Sundance Film Festival. Jimmy Walks Away was included on “Park City; The Sundance Collection,” a DVD compilation of Sundance shorts.
Weinrib’s music credits include producing Michael Moore’s studio rendition of Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are A-Changin' included on the Occupy Wall Street benefit album, Occupy This Album; and presenting a 50th anniversary appearance of Ken Kesey’s “Further” bus and Zane Kesey’s Merry Band of Pranksters at Brooklyn Bowl.
Weinrib ran for President of the United States in the 2016 general election.