Joining Awkwafina on her cross-country adventure is her devastated sister Jenny (Sandra Oh), and she gets in touch with hilarious people like Jason Schwartzman, Tony Hale, Holland Taylor and Will Ferrell. “Quiz Lady” was directed by Jessica Yu and written by Jen D’Angelo. Yu scored a minor critical hit with the comedy “Ping Pong Playa”. but he is probably best known as a prestigious TV director, with credits on “The West Wing”, “This Is Us” and “Billions”. D’Angelo is a respected writer and actor who has worked on the films “Cougar Town”, “Workaholics” and “Solar Opposites”. That’s a pretty good pedigree.
The film is produced by Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum, Maggie Haskins, Itay Reiss, Jen D’Angelo, Awkwafina and Sandra Oh, with Alex Brown and Erika Hampson executive producers.