David Wain

'David Wain' (qv) was born and raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio.He met the other members of the comedy troupe The State while a film student at NYU, where he graduated from in 1991.As part of The State, he co-created and co-starred on their self-titled MTV sketch comedy show in the mid 90's. He then continued to work with his State partners on many other projects, beginning with _Stella (2005)_ (qv), a nightclub show which then became a series of web shorts and a Comedy Central Series.His first film as co-writer and director was the indie summer camp comedy _Wet Hot American Summer (2001)_ (qv), which was then turned into two mini-series on Netflix.He has subsequently co-written and directed a total of five feature films, the most successful being _Role Models (2008)_ (qv).His most recent feature, _A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)_ (qv), is a biopic about Doug Kenney, the founder of National Lampoon.He is executive producer of the Emmy award winning series _Childrens Hospital (2008)_ (qv) as well as its spin-offs 'News' (qv)readers (2013) and _Medical Police (2020)_ (qv).He's also worked consistently over the years as an actor, including the recurring role of Rabbi Jewy McJewJew on "Childrens Hospital", a version of himself in his semi-autobiographical web series _Wainy Days (2007)_ (qv), and as "Yaron" in the Netflix series _Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015)_ (qv).::James Davidson