Emmy Award-winning TV director Gail Mancuso will take the helm for Besties for DreamWorks Emmy Award-winning TV director Gail Mancuso has been tapped to helm the upcoming DreamWorks road trip comedy Besties, according to Deadline. The film centers on a woman who discovering an forgotten love letter from an old crush. She winds up going on a road trip with her best friends in the hopes of stopping the crush’s pending wedding.