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 LOS ANGELES (AP) - Even if he made movies under an alias, Breck Eisner would have a tough time concealing his Hollywood lineage. Trim his shoulder-length hair and scruffy beard and slap him in a business suit, and Eisner could walk the halls of the Walt Disney Co. as a dead-on younger likeness of his dad, the departing boss who has run the studio for 21 years.
Trading on his name and face is the last thing Breck Eisner wants, though. While grateful for a Hollywood upbringing that stoked his interest in filmmaking, Eisner wants to prove he's a director to be taken on his own merits, not just the son of Michael Eisner, modern show business' most famous studio boss.
After eight years directing commercials and television, Eisner makes his big-screen debut with "Sahara," starring Matthew McConaughey, Penelope Cruz and Steve Zahn in an adaptation of Clive Cussler's adventure yarn.
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