Eric Appel

Producer, Writer, Director

Birthdate: August 13, 1980 (46 Years Old)

Birthplace: Endicott, New York

Eric Appel has been a director/producer/writer of web-based and TV comedy shorts and series since 2008. After directing his first feature-length movie for The Roku Channel, Weird: The Al Yankovich Story (2022), turned to theatrical features as director of the comedy, The Breadwinner (2026), with star/co-writer/producer Nate Bargatze in his feature debut, Mandy Moore, Will Forte, Colin Jost, Kumail Nanjiani, Zach Cherry, Kate Berlant and Martin Herlihy, produced by TriStar Pictures/Wonder Project and released wide by Sony Pictures Releasing.

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Eric Appel was born and raised in Endicott, New York by his parents. Appel attended and graduated from Union Endicott High School; Appel majored in computer animation at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and then studied improv performance and performed with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York. Appel is married to actor/writer Johanna Parker; the couple lives in Los Angeles.

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The Breadwinner

Director (2026)

Eric Appel Movies

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The Breadwinner
The Breadwinner
2026
Comedy, Family
When a supermom lands a Shark Tank deal, she switches roles with her breadwinner husband, who struggles to adapt as a stay-at-home dad to their three daughters.
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Young Filmmaker: Eric Appel first explored filmmaking while studying at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh as a member of a film group dubbed BAMO, which made multiple short films.

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