Waiting for Woody Allen, the award-winning tragic comedy directed by Michael Rainin, featuring a standout leading performance by the renowned Jewish standup comedian Modi (Mordechai Rosenfeld).
Synopsis
A tragic comedy about two quarrelsome Hasidic men, Mendel and Yossel: disillusioned with religion, therapy, and friendship, they wait on a bench in Central Park for Woody Allen to come and give meaning to their lives.
Mendel…MODI
Yossel…JOSEPH PIEKARSKI
Director
MICHAEL RAININ
Producer
MICHAEL RAININ
Co-Producer
STEPHANIE RAININ
Writers
JONATHAN SCHILDER BROWN
DANIEL WESCHLER
Cinematographer
MARIO SIGNORE
Film Editors
BILL BUTLER & STEPHEN BUTLER
Additional Post
DABLING HARWARD
Assistant Editor
SCOTT JUERGENS
Composer
DANIEL PAQUET DAVIS
Musicians
BUD SCHULTZ – Banjo
DANIEL DAVIS – Accordian
CHIAN YONG – Cello
THE CANTOR – Clarinet
Sound Editor
PERRY ROBERTSON
Sound Facility
EARCANDY
Casting by
MICHAEL RAININ
Costume Design by
CHAIM LEBOWITZ
Hair & Makeup
JEONG-HWA FONKALSRUD
Script Supervisor
ARIEL LEVI
Camera Operators
MARIO SIGNORE
MARIALUISA RAMIREZ
MICHAEL RAININ
Gaffer
MARIALUISA RAMIREZ
Grip
MICHAEL POSPISHIL
Boom Operator
ARTUR RATON KUMMER
Still Photography
JEFFREY SWART
Sound Equipment
HELLO WORLD COMMUNICATIONS
Cameras
OUTPOST DIGITAL
Lighting
LUNA LIGHTING
Production Services
BLACK NEXXUS INC.
Stock Footage
ARTLIST
SPECIAL THANKS
Mayor’s Office of Film & Broadcasting, NYC
Central Parks Office Dana Waits
Luna Lighting, Long Island City
Expendables Plus, Inc., Long Island City
Black Nexxus Inc., NYC
Outpost Digital, NYC
Bill & Stephen Butler
Dabling Harward
Filmed on location in Central Park, NYC
RAINPIX INC. ©2026
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