Adam McKay
- Directing
- April 17, 1968 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Adam McKay (born April 17, 1968) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. McKay began his career as a head writer for the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL) from 1995 to 2001. After leaving SNL, McKay collaborated with comedian Will Ferrell on his comedy films Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), and The Other Guys (2010). Ferrell and McKay later co-wrote and co-produced numerous television series and films, with McKay himself co-producing their website, Funny or Die, through their company, Gary Sanchez Productions. Aside from working with Ferrell, McKay wrote and directed the satirical films The Big Short (2015), Vice (2018), and Don't Look Up (2021). McKay won an Academy Award, a BAFTA, and a Critics' Choice Award for adapting the screenplay of The Big Short. In 2019, McKay founded Hyperobject Industries, a production company. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adam McKay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Go Deep: The DeSean Jackson Story · Executive producer
- Thrash · Producer
- Stormbound · Producer
- Just Look Up · Executive producer
- Trade Secret · Producer
- The Chair Company · Executive producer
- All the Empty Rooms · Executive producer
- Asog · Executive producer
- You Need This · Producer
- Union · Executive producer
- Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery · Executive producer
- Men of War · Executive producer
- Pistachio Wars · Executive producer
- Wild Wild Space · Producer
- Daniel · Producer
- Cobell Energy · Executive producer
- BS High · Executive producer
- Wild Summon · Executive producer
- The Holly · Executive producer
- A Lien · Executive producer
- The Menu · Producer
- God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty · Executive producer
- The Invisible Pilot · Executive producer
- Game Theory with Bomani Jones · Executive producer
- Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty · Director, Executive producer
- Fresh · Producer
- Don't Look Up · Story, Screenplay
- Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar · Producer
- Q: Into the Storm · Executive producer
- The Oxy Kingpins · Executive producer
- Directors on Directors · Self
- Painting With John · Executive producer
- 537 Votes · Executive producer
- For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close · Self
- Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga · Executive producer
- Jonathan Scott’s Power Trip · Executive producer
- Bottomless Brunch at Colman's · Self
- Motherland: Fort Salem · Executive producer
- Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" · Executive producer
- Hustlers · Producer
- Booksmart · Executive producer
- Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" · Executive producer
- Newscasters · Thanks
- Dead to Me · Executive producer
- Hal · Self
- Vice · Writer, Director
- Holmes & Watson · Producer
- Succession · Executive producer, Director
- Ibiza · Producer
- Oh Lucy! · Executive producer
- LA to Vegas · Producer
- No Activity · Executive producer
- Daddy's Home 2 · Producer
- I Love You, America · Executive producer
- The House · Producer
- The History of Comedy · Self
- A.C. Green: Iron Virgin · Producer, Executive producer
- The Boss · Producer
- Grimsby · Executive producer
- Daddy's Home · Screenplay, Producer
- The Big Short · Screenplay, Director
- Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon · Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- Ant-Man · Screenplay
- The Spoils Before Dying · Executive producer
- Sleeping with Other People · Producer
- A Deadly Adoption · Executive producer
- Welcome to Me · Producer
- Get Hard · Producer, Story
- Bad Judge · Executive producer
- The Unbelievably Sweet Alpacas · Director, Writer
- Tammy · Producer
- This Is Comedy · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues · Director, Screenplay
- Drunk History · Executive producer
- Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters · Producer
- The Campaign · Producer, Story
- Bachelorette · Producer
- The Dictator · Executive producer