Sammi Cohen

They directed the 2017 comedy series Hollywood Darlings for Pop TV, and the coming-of-age films Crush (2022) and You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023).

[2] Cohen's directorial career began when they filmed comedy music videos of their friends at Upright Citizens Brigade, and were then hired to direct original content for CollegeHumor.

[3] They were the director of Hollywood Darlings on Pop TV,[4] and they directed series for YouTube Originals and Comedy Central.

[7][5] Cohen said they were attracted to the project because it was a queer narrative "where the story isn't about coming out", and they sought to work on the "kind of movie that I really desperately needed growing up".

In a favorable review, Gary Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times wrote that Cohen brought a "more spontaneous, loose-limbed style" to the film.