Adam McKay
Adam McKay (born April 17, 1968) is an American film and television director, producer, screenwriter, and comedian. McKay began his career in the 1990s as a head writer for the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live for two seasons and is the co-founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade. He rose to fame in the 2000s for his collaborations with comedian Will Ferrell and co-wrote his comedy films Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and The Other Guys. Ferrell and McKay later co-wrote and co-produced numerous television series and films, and produced their comedy website Funny or Die through their company Gary Sanchez Productions. Venturing into more dramatic territory in the 2010s, McKay's The Big Short was the first film he directed without Ferrell in the cast. For this film, he was nominated for several awards including two Academy Awards, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay (with co-writer Charles Randolph), and two British Academy Film Awards, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. He and Randolph won Best Adapted Screenplay at the Academy Awards, the BAFTA Film Awards, and the WGA Awards. For his work on the Dick Cheney biographical film Vice, McKay received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. In 2019, McKay founded Hyperobject Industries.
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DirectingBirthday
April 17, 1968Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
84Place of birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAAlso known as
아담 맥케이, Адам МакКейCast credits
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Terry CheveauxThe Landlord
FriendThis Is Comedy
HimselfHal
SelfThe Other Guys
Dirty MikeGood Cop, Baby Cop
PolicemanThank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
SelfStep Brothers
Man without GlassesWake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
CustodianA.C. Green: Iron Virgin
ProducerGreen Team
Erin GossamerAnchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
CustodianFor Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close
HimselfCrew credits
Step Brothers
Executive Producer, Screenplay, Director, StoryAnchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Director, WriterTalladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Director, Executive Producer, WriterWake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Director, WriterThe Other Guys
Director, Screenplay, ProducerHansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
ProducerThe Landlord
Writer, Director, ProducerWill Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush
Executive Producer, Stage DirectorLand of the Lost
Executive ProducerThe Campaign
Producer, StoryAnchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Screenplay, Director, ProducerAnt-Man
ScreenplayDaddy's Home
Screenplay, ProducerGrimsby
Executive ProducerSleeping with Other People
ProducerThe Big Short
Director, ScreenplayGet Hard
Producer, StoryBachelorette
ProducerTammy
ProducerThe Boss
Producer