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Adam McKay

Adam McKay

Director · b. 1968 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Movies16

  • Movie6.3

    The Other Guys

    2010 · 4.7K votes

  • Movie6.6

    Step Brothers

    2008 · 3.5K votes

  • Movie6.7
  • Movie6.4
  • Movie6.9
  • Movie6.0
  • Movie6.7
  • Movie5.6
  • Movie
  • Movie1.0

    Girl Missing

    2007 · 1 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Hal

    2019 · 15 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Green Team

    2007 · 12 votes

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie
  • Movie6.3

    Good Cop, Baby Cop

    2007 · 21 votes

  • Movie6.6

    The Landlord

    2007 · 93 votes

Series6

  • TV5.1
  • TV6.9

    Saturday Night Live

    1975 · 528 votes

  • TV6.2
  • TV7.0

    The Oscars

    1953 · 84 votes

  • TV6.6

    The History of Comedy

    2017 · 9 votes

  • TV10.0