‘Who Are You People’ North American Theatrical release on TVOD and Digital today February 24th  

WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE poster

Director and Writer: Ben Epstein
Starring: Ema Horvath,  Devon Sawa,  Yeardley Smith, Peter Parros, Siddharth Dhananjay, Reid Miller, John Ales, Alyssa Milano
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 1 hour 43 minutes
Country: USA
Language: English
Year:  2023

Who Are You People

After a botched attempt to seduce her teacher, 16-year-old Alex (Horvath) runs away from boarding school to seek out the biological father (Sawa) that her mother (Milano) and presumed father (Ales) always kept hidden and learn the dark secret of her roots.

Alex on bus
Alex on bus

About the Director:
Ben Epstein is the writer/director of the feature film WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE. He served as the Creator/Showrunner/Director for two seasons of the Complex series IN THE VAULT. He is also the creator and Co-Executive Producer of the MTV dramedy HAPPYLAND, and currently serves as a Co-Executive Producer on an upcoming series for Netflix.

Ben is currently developing a TV series with Lionsgate and Temple Hill and a feature with John Wells Productions. His screenplay THE PROSPECT, which chronicles Michael Jordan’s baseball career, was featured on the Black List. Ben realized a lifelong nerd dream by writing several issues of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book. His short fiction has appeared in the Rattling Wall Literary Journal.

Ben graduated from the NYU film program, where his thesis film THE REUNION won First Prize Wasserman/King Award at the NYU First Run Film Festival and numerous awards at other festivals. His feature script for WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE was also awarded the $75,000 NYU Columbus/Vague Alumni Production Grant by director Chris Columbus.

Ben is a member of the WGA and DGA. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and never tires of describing himself in the third person.

Writer & Director: Ben Epstein
Producers: Jordan Foley, Toby Louie, Ben Epstein, and Nick Smith
Executive producers: Alyssa Milano, Graham Moore, Yeardley Smith, Ben Cornwell Fred Chandler, Neely Eisenstein, AJ Gordon  Irka Zazulak, Melissa Pianko, and Rod Cooper
Co-producers: Rob Nelson, Benjy Caplan
Cinematographer: Bobby Lam
Editor: Jeff Bernier
Original Music: Aaron Zigman