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David Wain
Birth at
1 August 1969
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David Wayne was born on August 1, 1969 in Shaker Height, Ohio. Since childhood, he dreamed of cinema. After graduating from high school, David went to film school in New York. He graduated with excellent grades. In 1991, the young man began his career and shot a short film called Aisle Six. The actors in the film were old friends of the director – Thomas Lennon and Michael Partick Yann. While at school, David founded a comedy sketch group, and after a while this group became known as The State.
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David Wayne was born on August 1, 1969 in Shaker Height, Ohio. Since childhood, he dreamed of cinema. After graduating from high school, David went to film school in New York. He graduated with excellent grades. In 1991, the young man began his career and shot a short film called Aisle Six. The actors in the film were old friends of the director – Thomas Lennon and Michael Partick Yann.
While at school, David founded a comedy sketch group, and after a while this group became known as The State. In 1993, a small episode of the show was released for the first time. All participants of the series are simultaneously directors, authors and actors. The series was shot in four seasons and aired on MTV. Among young people, The State has become incredibly popular. After the series was finished, the participants decided to continue working on an alternative comedy, and a comedy trio called Stella was formed. Managing Wayne's team.
In parallel, the director worked on other projects, but they did not become as popular as The State and Stella.
David actively began to write scripts for various series, was engaged in their shooting, and also worked on short films.
The first full-length film of the director was called
Hot American Summer" . The film came out in 2001. The film was shot in collaboration with Michael Showalter, with whom David collaborated in Stella. The film turned out to be quite fun, for directing it was nominated for several awards. David began his next directorial work only in 2007. Before that, he spent six years writing scripts for series, shooting and recording soundtracks for them. In 2007, a film called 10 was released. The picture occupies high positions in the ratings and receives approval from critics.