David Wain is a New York-based director, writer and performer.

His most recent movie, Universal Pictures' Role Models, starring Paul Rudd, Seann William Scott, Jane Lynch, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Elizabeth Banks, was released November 7, 2008 and is now on DVD. It was a Critics Choice nominee for Best Comedy.

In 2007 David Wain directed, produced and co-wrote (with Ken Marino) the feature comedy THE TEN. Based on the Ten Commandments, this set of ten inter-related stories features Paul Rudd, Winona Ryder, Gretchen Mol, Rob Corddry, Famke Janssen, Jessica Alba, Liev Schreiber, Oliver Platt, Adam Brody, Ken Marino and Justin Theroux.

His first feature film (as director, co-writer and co-producer) was Wet Hot American Summer (2001), starring Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Paul Rudd and Molly Shannon. It still maintains a loyal and active following on DVD, college campuses and midnight screenings.

In 2005, David Wain was a co-star, executive producer, co-writer and director of the Comedy Central series Stella. Stella follows the "Modern Day Marx Brothers" adventures of him, Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black. In addition to the TV series, the Stella live stage show plays to sold out audiences all across the country and aired on Comedy Central as a special. The twenty-six "Stella Shorts" are collected on a popular DVD. A new Stella "Live in Boston" DVD will be released in 2009.

In 1988 David Wain joined the comedy troupe THE STATE, and together they created an award winning and critically acclaimed MTV series. The State also did a special for CBS, a book for Hyperion Press, an album for Warner Brothers, toured the United States, and performed their sketch show Molt Off-Broadway. In addition to directing over eighty short films for The State, David Wain served as cast member, supervising producer, writer and editor. The State had a reunion show in San Fransisco in 2009 and plans to release the MTV series on DVD.

On television, David Wain has written, directed and/or performed on shows such as Mad TV, Cosby, You Wrote It You Watch It, Idiot Savants, Best Week Ever, Random Play, Retroflix Live, I Love the 70’s, Tim & Eric's Awesome Show, Sheep in the Big City, The Daily Show, Crank Yankers and Strangers With Candy. As an actor, David Wain appears in the feature films Bamboozled, Keeping the Faith, The Baxter, Delirious, The Guitar and I Love You, Man. David Wain is the voice of "The Warden" on the Adult Swim series SuperJail.

David Wain also created, writes, directs and stars in the Webby & Streamy Award winning internet series, WAINY DAYS.

Most recently, Wain holds the title of co-creator for the new Netflix original comedy, "Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp."

David Wain grew up in Shaker Heights Ohio and graduated from NYU film school. He lives in New York with his wife and son.

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