David Wain is a director, writer, actor and comedian. He has directed six feature films, the most recent being the Sundance hit A Futile and Stupid Gesture (starring Will Forte, Domhnall Gleeson & Emmy Rossum) which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival (and on Netflix) last year. Previously he directed and co-wrote the movies Wet Hot American Summer, The Ten, Role Models, Wanderlust and They Came Together. On television, he’s the co-creator, co-writer and director of Medical Police, an epic action comedy series which premiered on Netflix in 2020. Previously he was co-creator (with Michael Showalter) and sole director of two Netflix eight-part mini-series: Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, and Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later.  He also plays the swarthy, sexy Israeli counselor “Yaron.”He was also an executive producer, writer, director and frequent guest star of Childrens Hospital, Adult Swim’s hit series starring Rob Corddry, Megan Mullally, Henry Winkler and Malin Akerman. The show ran for seven seasons, winning six Emmy Awards. (Medical Police is a spin-off of Childrens Hospital.) He co-created and co-starred in two other TV series, both of which have an enduring cult following: The State (MTV) and Stella (Comedy Central). He has written, directed and/or acted in dozens of other movies and TV shows including Broad City, Portlandia, Superstore, New Girl, Party Down, Drunk History, Another Period, Younger, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Superjail, Fresh Off the Boat and The Daily Show. He is the voice of Courtney (Gene's necklace-sucking girlfriend) on Bob's Burgers. He was an early web series pioneer with Stella Shorts, and later Wainy Days, a web series chronicling his (slightly) fictionalized romantic adventures. Wain grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. At age 19, he was the drummer in the Rockin’ Knights of Summer, a band created for the purpose of touring summer camps. He then graduated from NYU, debuting his short film Aisle Six at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival. After 26 years in Manhattan, he now lives in Los Angeles with his two sons.