EXCLUSIVE: The 2x WGA Award nominee and Brooklyn Nine-Nine cast member has wrapped production on her feature film directorial debut, First Time Female Director, Deadline has learned.Chelsea Peretti starred, wrote and produced the Fox Entertainment MarVista and Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions movie which is set at a local theater in Glendale, CA, where a newly minted female director (Peretti) struggles to fill the shoes of her male predecessor, putting her Southern rural drama in jeopardy.Co-starring opposite Peretti include Blake Anderson (Woke, Workaholics), Kate Berlant (Would It Kill You to Laugh?

A League of Their Own), Jak Knight (Bust Down, Big Mouth), Emmy Award winner Megan Mullally (Will & Grace, Party Down), Benito Skinner (Queer as Folk) and Megan Stalter (Hacks, Cora Bora).There’s also appearances by Max Greenfield (New Girl, The Neighborhood), Brad Hall (Saturday Night Live), Tim Heidecker (Eastbound & Down), Natasha Leggero (Another Period, Rat in the Kitchen), Emmy winner Poehler (Russian Doll, Moxie), Andy Richter (Portlandia,Black-ish, Conan) and Xosha Roquemore (Atlanta, Space Jam: A New Legacy), the movies counts several surprise cameos.First Time Female Director marks MarVista and FOX Entertainment’s first title to include scenes shot on its studio lot in Los Angeles, where the film’s production offices are based.

In addition to Peretti, producers include Poehler, Kate Arend and Jordan Grief for Paper Kite, and Deanna Barillari (Monday, Long Weekend).

The pic is executive-produced by Angie Day, Ani Kevork, Hannah Pillemer and Fernando Szew for MarVista. WME Independent will represent sales for the film.“This is the project of a lifetime for me — a chance to have my voice embodied by a truly

Chelsea Peretti Makes Feature Directorial Debut With ‘First Time Female Director’ For Fox’s MarVista & Paper Kite

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