[2] Reiser first worked as a producer in a number of TV productions, such as Da Ali G Show.
In 2005, during his time working as an associate producer, he was diagnosed with a form of spinal cancer at the age of 25.
[3][4][5] After he underwent surgery, he was urged by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who also worked on Da Ali G Show, to write a screenplay based on his experiences.
Cancer Summit for Young Adults for his "courage, irreverence and creativity in achieving meaningful and impactful change on behalf of the young adult cancer survivorship movement".
[8] In September 2011, it was reported that Reiser was working on an American version of the German comedy film Men...[9] That same month, it was also reported that Reiser was working on a film titled Jamaica, based on a vacation he took to Jamaica with his grandma at the age of 14.