David Wain

David Wain

director, actor, writer

David Wain was born on Aug 01, 1969 in USA. David Wain's big-screen debut came with Apt. 2F - Season 1 directed by Pamela Dresser in 1997, strarring David. David Wain is known for Tuca & Bertie directed by Aaron Long, Tiffany Haddish stars as Tuca and Ali Wong as Bertie. David Wain has got 7 awards and 7 nominations so far. The most recent award David Wain achieved is Primetime Emmy Awards. The upcoming new movie David Wain plays is The Bob's Burgers Movie which will be released on May 27, 2022.

David Wain 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), 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), 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 Les grands frères (2008).His most recent feature, Une drôle de fin (2018), is a biopic about Doug Kenney, the founder of National Lampoon.He is executive producer of the Emmy award winning series Childrens Hospital (2008) as well as its spin-offs Newsreaders (2013) and Medical Police (2020).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), and as "Yaron" in the Netflix series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015).

  • Birthday

    Aug 01, 1969
  • Place of Birth

    Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
  • Also known

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Awards

7 wins & 7 nominations

Primetime Emmy Awards
2016
Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
Winner - Primetime Emmy
2013
Outstanding Special Class - Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Programs
Winner - Primetime Emmy
2012
Outstanding Special Class - Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Programs
Winner - Primetime Emmy
The Streamy Awards
2010
Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series
Winner - Streamy Award
2010
Best Male Actor in a Comedy Web Series
Winner - Streamy Award
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