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Adam McKay
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- Directors on Directors — Self2021
- For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close — Self2020
- Bottomless Brunch at Colman's — Self2020
- Hal — Self2019
- The History of Comedy — Self2017
- A.C. Green: Iron Virgin — Producer2016
- Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon — Self2015
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self2015
- This Is Comedy — Himself2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest2014
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1968-04-17 ) April 17, 1968 (age 58) , Denver , Colorado, U.S.
- Occupations
- Screenwriter director producer
- Years active
- 1986–present
- Organization
- Hyperobject Industries
- Spouse
- Shira Piven ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1999 )
- Relatives
- Jeremy Piven (brother-in-law)
- Awards
- Full list
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Adam
- Family name
- McKay
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Sibling
- Jeremy Piven
- Occupation
- television producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- The Other Guys
- Student of
- Del Close
- Image
- Adam McKay-7784 (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1968-04-17
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Picture
- Commons category
- Adam McKay
- name in native language
- Adam McKay
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films with screenplays by Adam McKay
- social media followers
- 1048408
- writing language
- English language
- relative
- Jeremy Piven
- has works in the collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- member of
- Writers Guild of America, East
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Encyclopedic overview
Adam McKay (born April 17, 1968) is an American filmmaker. McKay began his career in the 1990s as a head writer for the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL). After leaving SNL, McKay collaborated with comedian Will Ferrell on his comedy films in the 2000s such as Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), Step Brothers (2008), and The Other Guys (2010). Ferrell and McKay co-wrote and co-produced many 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). He won an Academy Award, a BAFTA, and a Critics' Choice Award for adapting the screenplay of The Big Short. In 2019, McKay founded the production company Hyperobject Industries.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Adam McKay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.