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Wain was born to a Jewish family in Shaker Heights, Ohio, the son of Nina (née Saul) and Norman Wain. As a young man, Wain went to a summer camp in Canaan, Maine , on which Wet Hot American Summer was loosely based.
He grew up with mainly Jewish friends, though, and has acquired a large Jewish following thanks to Wet Hot American Summer, which he and director/co-writer David Wain based on their...
Dec 3, 2021 · David Wain and Beth Wain Brandon told stories over Zoom about their upbringing in Jewish Cleveland, as well as David’s experiences that influenced his movies and shows.
Jul 27, 2021 · This month, David Wain’s cult summer camp classic Wet Hot American Summer turns twenty years old—old enough to serve on senior staff at most American camps.
The new film “Wet Hot American Summer” by David Wain and Michael Showalter also turns the creators’ Jewish summer camp memories into a “Meatballs”-esque romp. Before these movies, there was...
Jul 12, 2013 · But he is perhaps best known for creating one of the quintessential summer movies, Wet Hot American Summer, an absurdist chronicle of last-day shenanigans at a Jewish camp in the 1980s....
Aug 2, 2011 · DAVID WAIN: I went to camp for many years in Maine at a place called Camp Modin, which was a very laid back, Jewish summer camp. I spent most of the time that I was there, from about age 10...
