Birbiglia made his directorial debut with '' Sleepwalk with Me '' , based on his one-man show and which he wrote , directed , and starred in . The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and won the NEXT Audience Award . It was selected in the " Festival Favorites " category at the South by Southwest film festival in Austin , Texas and also appeared in the Nantucket Film Festival where it won the award for best writer/director . The film was produced by Jacob Jaffke and '' This American Life '' 's Ira Glass and stars Birbiglia , Lauren Ambrose , Carol Kane , James Rebhorn , and Cristin Milioti and has cameos by Glass , Kristen Schaal , Wyatt Cenac , David Wain , Jessi Klein , John Lutz and Marc Maron . While hosting the 2012 Gotham Awards , Birbiglia roasted '' I Heart Huckabees '' director David O. Russell by reading a transcript of Russell 's on-set argument with actress Lily Tomlin
2012 Gotham Awards
Gotham Independent Film Awards 2012
Mike Birbiglia