Adam McKay
Directing·April 17, 1968 — 58 years old·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.
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—BreedersProducer—J6Producer—Plus OneProducer—The FresheningProducer—Flesh of the GodsProducer—MonsantoProducer—First LadiesProducer—WillProducer—FiveProducer—Hotel Hotel Hotel HotelProducer—Untitled Adam McKay/Michael Shanks Mystery Sci-Fi ComedyDirector · Producer—The ParlayProducer—Kings of AmericaTVExecutive Producer · Director2026ThrashProducer2026StormboundProducer2026Just Look UpExecutive Producer2025Trade SecretProducer2025The Chair CompanyTVExecutive Producer2025All the Empty RoomsExecutive Producer2025AsogExecutive Producer2025You Need ThisProducer2024UnionExecutive Producer2024Money Electric: The Bitcoin MysteryExecutive Producer2024Men of WarExecutive Producer2024Pistachio WarsExecutive Producer2024Wild Wild SpaceProducer2023DanielProducer2023Cobell EnergyTVExecutive Producer2023BS HighExecutive Producer2023Wild SummonExecutive Producer2023A LienExecutive Producer2022The MenuProducer2022God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a DynastyExecutive Producer2022The Invisible PilotTVExecutive Producer2022Game Theory with Bomani JonesTVExecutive Producer2022Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers DynastyTVDirector · Executive Producer2022FreshProducer2021Don't Look UpStory · Screenplay · Director · Producer2021Barb & Star Go to Vista Del MarProducer2021Q: Into the StormTVExecutive Producer2021The Oxy KingpinsExecutive Producer2021Directors on DirectorsTVSelf2021Painting With JohnTVExecutive Producer2020537 VotesExecutive Producer2020For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del CloseSelf2020Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire SagaExecutive Producer2020Jonathan Scott’s Power TripExecutive Producer2020Bottomless Brunch at Colman'sTVSelf2020Motherland: Fort SalemTVExecutive Producer2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"Executive Producer2019HustlersProducer2019BooksmartExecutive Producer2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"Executive Producer2019NewscastersThanks2019Dead to MeTVExecutive Producer2019HalSelf2018ViceWriter · Director · Producer2018Holmes & WatsonProducer2018SuccessionTVExecutive Producer · Director2018IbizaProducer2018Oh Lucy!Executive Producer2018LA to VegasTVProducer2017No ActivityTVExecutive Producer2017Daddy's Home 2Producer2017I Love You, AmericaTVExecutive Producer2017The HouseProducer2017The History of ComedyTVSelf2016A.C. Green: Iron VirginProducer · Executive Producer2016The BossProducer2016GrimsbyExecutive Producer2015Daddy's HomeScreenplay · Producer2015The Big ShortScreenplay · Director2015Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close MarathonSelf2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterTVSelf2015Ant-ManScreenplay2015The Spoils Before DyingTVExecutive Producer2015Sleeping with Other PeopleProducer2015A Deadly AdoptionExecutive Producer2015Welcome to MeProducer2015Get HardProducer · Story2014Bad JudgeTVExecutive Producer2014The Unbelievably Sweet AlpacasDirector · Writer2014TammyProducer2014This Is ComedyHimself2014Late Night with Seth MeyersTVSelf - Guest2013Anchorman 2: The Legend ContinuesDirector · Screenplay · Producer2013Drunk HistoryTVExecutive Producer2013Hansel & Gretel: Witch HuntersProducer2012The CampaignProducer · Story2012The DictatorExecutive Producer2012Casa de Mi PadreProducer2012Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar MovieProducer2012BacheloretteProducer2011Fully LoadedExecutive Producer2010The Virginity HitProducer2010Big LakeTVCreator2010The Other GuysDirty Mike · Director · Producer · Writer2010Presidential ReunionWriter2010Funny or Die PresentsTVProducer · Creator2009Land of the LostExecutive Producer2009The Goods: Live Hard, Sell HardProducer2009Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. BushExecutive Producer · Stage Director2009Eastbound & DownTVProducer · Director2008Prop 8: The MusicalProducer2008Step BrothersMan without Glasses · Director · Executive Producer · Screenplay · Story2007Green TeamErin Gossamer · Director · Writer2007The ProcedureDirector · Writer2007Good Cop, Baby CopPoliceman · Director · Writer2007Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture NationSelf2007The LandlordFriend · Producer · Writer · Director2007Girl MissingDetective "Sally" LaSalle2006Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky BobbyTerry Cheveaux · Director · Executive Producer · Writer2004Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost MovieCustodian · Director · Writer2004Anchorman: The Legend of Ron BurgundyCustodian · Director · Writer1975Saturday Night LiveTVConstruction Worker / Bob (uncredited) · Frat Boy (uncredited) · Construction Worker / Man (uncredited) · Self / Taddli Audience Member (uncredited) · Audience Member (uncredited) · Scientist (uncredited) · Lab Technician (uncredited) · Self (uncredited) · Gun Salesman (voice) (uncredited) · Uncle Gabby (voice) (uncredited) · Various (uncredited) · Reporter (uncredited) · Shoplifter (uncredited) · Dognapper · Keith (uncredited) · Writer · Director1953The OscarsTVSelf