Person
Adam McKay
Directing · Born 1968-04-17 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Known for
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
Construction Worker / Bob (uncredited)
Succession
Executive Producer
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
The Oscars
Self
Ant-Man
Screenplay
Dead to Me
Executive Producer
The Menu
Producer
Drunk History
Executive Producer
Thrash
Producer
Filmography
- 2026ThrashProducer
- 2026StormboundProducer
- 2026Just Look UpExecutive Producer
- 2025Trade SecretProducer
- 2025The Chair CompanyExecutive Producer
- 2025All the Empty RoomsExecutive Producer
- 2025AsogExecutive Producer
- 2025You Need ThisProducer
- 2024UnionExecutive Producer
- 2024Money Electric: The Bitcoin MysteryExecutive Producer
- 2024Men of WarExecutive Producer
- 2024Pistachio WarsExecutive Producer
- 2024Wild Wild SpaceProducer
- 2023DanielProducer
- 2023Cobell EnergyExecutive Producer
- 2023BS HighExecutive Producer
- 2023Wild SummonExecutive Producer
- 2023A LienExecutive Producer
- 2022The MenuProducer
- 2022God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a DynastyExecutive Producer
- 2022The Invisible PilotExecutive Producer
- 2022Game Theory with Bomani JonesExecutive Producer
- 2022Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers DynastyDirector
- 2022FreshProducer
- 2021Don't Look UpStory
- 2021Barb & Star Go to Vista Del MarProducer
- 2021Q: Into the StormExecutive Producer
- 2021The Oxy KingpinsExecutive Producer
- 2021Directors on DirectorsSelf
- 2021Painting With JohnExecutive Producer
- 2020537 VotesExecutive Producer
- 2020For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del CloseSelf
- 2020Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire SagaExecutive Producer
- 2020Jonathan Scott’s Power TripExecutive Producer
- 2020Bottomless Brunch at Colman'sSelf
- 2020Motherland: Fort SalemExecutive Producer
- 2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"Executive Producer
- 2019HustlersProducer
- 2019BooksmartExecutive Producer
- 2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"Executive Producer
- 2019NewscastersThanks
- 2019Dead to MeExecutive Producer
- 2019HalSelf
- 2018ViceWriter
- 2018Holmes & WatsonProducer
- 2018SuccessionExecutive Producer
- 2018IbizaProducer
- 2018Oh Lucy!Executive Producer
- 2018LA to VegasProducer
- 2017No ActivityExecutive Producer
- 2017Daddy's Home 2Producer
- 2017I Love You, AmericaExecutive Producer
- 2017The HouseProducer
- 2017The History of ComedySelf
- 2016A.C. Green: Iron VirginProducer
- 2016The BossProducer
- 2016GrimsbyExecutive Producer
- 2015Daddy's HomeScreenplay
- 2015The Big ShortScreenplay
- 2015Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close MarathonSelf
- 2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf
- 2015Ant-ManScreenplay
- 2015The Spoils Before DyingExecutive Producer
- 2015Sleeping with Other PeopleProducer
- 2015A Deadly AdoptionExecutive Producer
- 2015Welcome to MeProducer
- 2015Get HardProducer
- 2014Bad JudgeExecutive Producer
- 2014The Unbelievably Sweet AlpacasDirector
- 2014TammyProducer
- 2014This Is ComedyHimself
- 2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest
- 2013Anchorman 2: The Legend ContinuesDirector
- 2013Drunk HistoryExecutive Producer
- 2013Hansel & Gretel: Witch HuntersProducer
- 2012The CampaignProducer
- 2012The DictatorExecutive Producer
- 2012Casa de Mi PadreProducer
- 2012Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar MovieProducer
- 2012BacheloretteProducer
- 2011Fully LoadedExecutive Producer
- 2010The Virginity HitProducer
- 2010Big LakeCreator
- 2010The Other GuysDirty Mike
- 2010Presidential ReunionWriter
- 2010Funny or Die PresentsProducer
- 2009Land of the LostExecutive Producer
- 2009The Goods: Live Hard, Sell HardProducer
- 2009Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. BushExecutive Producer
- 2009Eastbound & DownProducer
- 2008Prop 8: The MusicalProducer
- 2008Step BrothersMan without Glasses
- 2007Green TeamErin Gossamer
- 2007The ProcedureDirector
- 2007Good Cop, Baby CopPoliceman
- 2007Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture NationSelf
- 2007The LandlordFriend
- 2007Girl MissingDetective "Sally" LaSalle
- 2006Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky BobbyTerry Cheveaux
- 2004Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost MovieCustodian
- 2004Anchorman: The Legend of Ron BurgundyCustodian
- 1975Saturday Night LiveConstruction Worker / Bob (uncredited)
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- —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
- —The ParlayProducer
- —Kings of AmericaExecutive Producer
Follow their work on Vescene
Rate films and shows on two axes — quality and fun — and share taste with friends.