Adam McKay (born (1968-04-17)April 17, 1968) is an American film and
television writer, director and producer. McKay served as head writer
for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live for two seasons
and is the co-founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade. He is the
director of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Talladega
Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), Step Brothers (2008), The
Other Guys (2010), and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013), all
of which he co-wrote with his creative partner Will Ferrell. Together
McKay and Ferrell have co-written and produced numerous TV series and
films, and produced their comedy website Funny or Die and HBO's
Eastbound & Down through their company Gary Sanchez
Productions.McKay's The Big Short (2015) was the first film he
directed without Ferrell in the cast. Venturing into more dramatic
territory, he was nominated for several awards for The Big Short
including the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Adapted
Screenplay and two British Academy Film Awards - Best Director and
Best Adapted Screenplay, with cowriter Charles Randolph. He and
Randolph won Best Adapted Screenplay at the Academy Awards, BAFTA and
WGA Awards. For Vice (2018), a biographical film about former U.S.
Vice President Dick Cheney, McKay received Academy Award nominations
for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.McKay was
born in 1968 in Denver, Colorado and was raised in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania to a waitress mother, Sarah, and a musician father. When
McKay was seven, his parents divorced. He graduated from Great Valley
High School in Malvern, Pennsylvania, and attended Penn State and
Temple University. McKay dropped out from the university a
semester-and-a-half before he was set to earn his bachelor's degree.
He described it as "settling with an imaginary degree".
television writer, director and producer. McKay served as head writer
for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live for two seasons
and is the co-founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade. He is the
director of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Talladega
Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), Step Brothers (2008), The
Other Guys (2010), and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013), all
of which he co-wrote with his creative partner Will Ferrell. Together
McKay and Ferrell have co-written and produced numerous TV series and
films, and produced their comedy website Funny or Die and HBO's
Eastbound & Down through their company Gary Sanchez
Productions.McKay's The Big Short (2015) was the first film he
directed without Ferrell in the cast. Venturing into more dramatic
territory, he was nominated for several awards for The Big Short
including the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Adapted
Screenplay and two British Academy Film Awards - Best Director and
Best Adapted Screenplay, with cowriter Charles Randolph. He and
Randolph won Best Adapted Screenplay at the Academy Awards, BAFTA and
WGA Awards. For Vice (2018), a biographical film about former U.S.
Vice President Dick Cheney, McKay received Academy Award nominations
for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.McKay was
born in 1968 in Denver, Colorado and was raised in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania to a waitress mother, Sarah, and a musician father. When
McKay was seven, his parents divorced. He graduated from Great Valley
High School in Malvern, Pennsylvania, and attended Penn State and
Temple University. McKay dropped out from the university a
semester-and-a-half before he was set to earn his bachelor's degree.
He described it as "settling with an imaginary degree".
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