Adam McKay

Born: 1968-04-17 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Known For: Directing

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.

Filmography

2026

Thrash ... (Producer)
Just Look Up ... (Executive Producer)
Stormbound ... (Producer)

2025

The Chair Company ... (Executive Producer)
All the Empty Rooms ... (Executive Producer)
Trade Secret ... (Producer)
You Need This ... (Producer)
Asog ... (Executive Producer)

2024

Union ... (Executive Producer)
Wild Wild Space ... (Producer)
Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery ... (Executive Producer)
Men of War ... (Executive Producer)
Pistachio Wars ... (Executive Producer)

2023

A Lien ... (Executive Producer)
BS High ... (Executive Producer)
Daniel ... (Producer)
Wild Summon ... (Executive Producer)
Cobell Energy ... (Executive Producer)

2022

The Menu ... (Producer)
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty ... (Director)
Fresh ... (Producer)
Game Theory with Bomani Jones ... (Executive Producer)
The Invisible Pilot ... (Executive Producer)
God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty ... (Executive Producer)

2021

Don't Look Up ... (Story)
Directors on Directors as Self
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar ... (Producer)
Painting With John ... (Executive Producer)
Q: Into the Storm ... (Executive Producer)
The Oxy Kingpins ... (Executive Producer)

2020

Motherland: Fort Salem ... (Executive Producer)
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga ... (Executive Producer)
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's as Self
537 Votes ... (Executive Producer)
For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close as Self
Jonathan Scott’s Power Trip ... (Executive Producer)

2019

Dead to Me ... (Executive Producer)
Hustlers ... (Producer)
Booksmart ... (Executive Producer)
Hal as Self
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" ... (Executive Producer)
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" ... (Executive Producer)
Newscasters ... (Thanks)

2018

Succession ... (Executive Producer)
Vice ... (Writer)
Holmes & Watson ... (Producer)
LA to Vegas ... (Producer)
Oh Lucy! ... (Executive Producer)
Ibiza ... (Producer)

2017

No Activity ... (Executive Producer)
Daddy's Home 2 ... (Producer)
The History of Comedy as Self
The House ... (Producer)
I Love You, America ... (Executive Producer)

2016

Grimsby ... (Executive Producer)
The Boss ... (Producer)
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin as Producer

2015

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
Ant-Man ... (Screenplay)
The Big Short ... (Screenplay)
Daddy's Home ... (Screenplay)
Get Hard ... (Producer)
The Spoils Before Dying ... (Executive Producer)
Sleeping with Other People ... (Producer)
Welcome to Me ... (Producer)
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon as Self
A Deadly Adoption ... (Executive Producer)

2014

Bad Judge ... (Executive Producer)
Tammy ... (Producer)
The Unbelievably Sweet Alpacas ... (Director)
This Is Comedy as Himself

2013

Drunk History ... (Executive Producer)
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters ... (Producer)
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues ... (Director)

2012

The Dictator ... (Executive Producer)
The Campaign ... (Producer)
Bachelorette ... (Producer)
Casa de Mi Padre ... (Producer)

2011

Fully Loaded ... (Executive Producer)

2010

The Other Guys as Dirty Mike
Funny or Die Presents ... (Producer)
Big Lake ... (Creator)
The Virginity Hit ... (Producer)
Presidential Reunion ... (Writer)

2009

Eastbound & Down ... (Director)
Land of the Lost ... (Executive Producer)
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard ... (Producer)
Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush ... (Executive Producer)

2008

Step Brothers as Man without Glasses
Prop 8: The Musical ... (Producer)

1975

Saturday Night Live as Construction Worker / Bob (uncredited)

1953

The Oscars as Self