David Wain was a founding member of Stella with Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter. Wain is a New York-based comedian, filmmaker and actor. He was the director, co-writer and co-producer of Wet Hot American Summer, a feature film starring Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Paul Rudd and Molly Shannon, released nationwide theatrically in 2001. It received rave reviews (Entertainment Weekly's top ten films of the year) and maintains a loyal following on DVD.
Wain's career began in 1991 when his short film Aisle Six won awards at numerous festivals (both Wet Hot American Summer and Aisle Six were official selections at the Sundance Film Festival).
As a member of the comedy troupe The State from 1988-97, he co-created the award-winning MTV series of the same name. The State also did a special for CBS, a book, State By State with The State, for Hyperion Press and an album for Warner Brothers. They toured the United States and performed their sketch show, Molt, off-Broadway. In addition to directing over eighty short films for The State, Wain was a cast member, supervising producer, writer and editor.
On television, Wain has written, directed and/or performed on shows such as MADtv (Fox), Cosby (CBS), You Wrote It You Watch It, Idiot Savants (MTV), Best Week Ever, Random Play, Retroflix Live, I Love the 70's (VH-1), Sheep in the Big City (Cartoon Network), The Daily Show, Crank Yankers and Strangers With Candy(Comedy Central). As an actor, he appears in the...
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David Wain was a founding member of Stella with Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter. Wain is a New York-based comedian, filmmaker and actor. He was the director, co-writer and co-producer of Wet Hot American Summer, a feature film starring Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Paul Rudd and Molly Shannon, released nationwide theatrically in 2001. It received rave reviews (Entertainment Weekly's top ten films of the year) and maintains a loyal following on DVD.
Wain's career began in 1991 when his short film Aisle Six won awards at numerous festivals (both Wet Hot American Summer and Aisle Six were official selections at the Sundance Film Festival).
As a member of the comedy troupe The State from 1988-97, he co-created the award-winning MTV series of the same name. The State also did a special for CBS, a book, State By State with The State, for Hyperion Press and an album for Warner Brothers. They toured the United States and performed their sketch show, Molt, off-Broadway. In addition to directing over eighty short films for The State, Wain was a cast member, supervising producer, writer and editor.
On television, Wain has written, directed and/or performed on shows such as MADtv (Fox), Cosby (CBS), You Wrote It You Watch It, Idiot Savants (MTV), Best Week Ever, Random Play, Retroflix Live, I Love the 70's (VH-1), Sheep in the Big City (Cartoon Network), The Daily Show, Crank Yankers and Strangers With Candy(Comedy Central). As an actor, he appears in the feature films Bamboozled, Keeping the Faith and The Baxter.
Recently, Wain co-wrote the feature scripts Stolen High School Security Tapes for Dreamworks and They Came Together for Universal. Upcoming projects include another Comedy Central series Teacher's Lounge, a feature film for Focus Features (Seniors) and two independent films: Diggers and The Steins.
Wain grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio and graduated from NYU film school. He lives in New York.
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