VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for Bo Burnham's EIGHTH GRADE Out 7/13

Eighth Grade is a 2018 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Bo Burnham in his feature film debut. It follows an eighth-grader (Elsie Fisher) who struggles to finish her last week of classes before embarking for high school.

The film premiered on January 19, 2018 as part of the U.S. Dramatic Competition section of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. It is scheduled to be released in the United States on July 13, 2018

Bo Burnham is an American comedian, singer-songwriter, musician, rapper, actor, director, screenwriter, and poet.He began his performance career as a YouTuber in March 2006, and his videos have been viewed over 214 million times as of December 2017. Burnham signed a four-year record deal with Comedy Central Records and released his debut EP, Bo Fo Sho, in 2008. His first full-length album, Bo Burnham, was released the following year. In 2010, Burnham's second album was released, and Words Words Words, his first live comedy special, aired on Comedy Central. His third album and second comedy special, what., was released in 2013 on his Youtube channel and Netflix. Burnham finished first overall in voting in 2011's Comedy Central Stand-up Showdown.His third stand-up comedy special, Make Happy, was released exclusively on Netflix on June 3, 2016.

In addition to his career as a comedian, Burnham co-created and starred in the MTV television series ZACH STONE IS GONNA BE FAMOUS and released his first book of poetry, Egghead: Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone, in 2013. His first feature film as writer and director, Eighth Grade, will be released in July 2018.

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