Adam McKay
Known for: Directing
Born: April 17, 1968
Place of birth: 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adam McKay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
91 movies · 27 TV shows, newest first
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First Ladies
2026
6.2
Thrash
2026
NR
Stormbound
2026
8.5
Just Look Up
2026
10.0
Trade Secret
2025
7.1
The Chair Company
2025
7.2
All the Empty Rooms
2025
6.0
Asog
2025
10.0
You Need This
2025
7.7
Union
2024
5.8
Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery
2024
5.5
Men of War
2024
NR
Pistachio Wars
2024
7.0
Wild Wild Space
2024
7.5
Daniel
2023
NR
Cobell Energy
2023
6.8
BS High
2023
6.4
Wild Summon
2023
2.0
The Holly
2023
7.2
A Lien
2023
7.2
The Menu
2022
6.0
God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty
2022
6.2
The Invisible Pilot
2022
4.7
Game Theory with Bomani Jones
2022
7.7
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
2022
6.9
Fresh
2022
7.1
Don't Look Up
2021
6.0
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
2021
7.1
Q: Into the Storm
2021
7.0
The Oxy Kingpins
2021
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Directors on Directors
2021
7.6
Painting With John
2021
7.1
537 Votes
2020
6.7
For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close
2020
6.4
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
2020
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Jonathan Scott’s Power Trip
2020
10.0
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020
7.9
Motherland: Fort Salem
2020
6.1
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019
6.5
Hustlers
2019
7.0
Booksmart
2019
6.6
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019
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Newscasters
2019
7.3
Dead to Me
2019
6.6
Hal
2019
7.0
Vice
2018
4.3
Holmes & Watson
2018
8.3
Succession
2018
5.7
Ibiza
2018
6.7
Oh Lucy!
2018
6.7
LA to Vegas
2018
6.6
No Activity
2017
6.3
Daddy's Home 2
2017
6.6
I Love You, America
2017
5.6
The House
2017
6.6
The History of Comedy
2017
7.0
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
2016
5.8
The Boss
2016
6.0
Grimsby
2016
6.3
Daddy's Home
2015
7.4
The Big Short
2015
5.6
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
2015
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
7.1
Ant-Man
2015
6.0
The Spoils Before Dying
2015
6.3
Sleeping with Other People
2015
4.9
A Deadly Adoption
2015
5.9
Welcome to Me
2015
6.0
Get Hard
2015
6.2
Bad Judge
2014
NR
The Unbelievably Sweet Alpacas
2014
5.3
Tammy
2014
NR
This Is Comedy
2014
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
6.1
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013
6.8
Drunk History
2013
6.1
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
2013
5.8
The Campaign
2012
5.4
Bachelorette
2012
6.2
The Dictator
2012
5.3
Casa de Mi Padre
2012
5.4
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
2012
1.3
Fully Loaded
2011
4.4
The Virginity Hit
2010
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Big Lake
2010
6.3
The Other Guys
2010
6.1
Presidential Reunion
2010
4.2
Funny or Die Presents
2010
5.5
Land of the Lost
2009
5.4
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
2009
6.5
Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush
2009
7.4
Eastbound & Down
2009
6.9
Prop 8: The Musical
2008
6.6
Step Brothers
2008
5.8
Green Team
20074.6
The Procedure
2007
6.3
Good Cop, Baby Cop
2007
NR
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007
6.6
The Landlord
20071.0
Girl Missing
2007
6.4
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
2006
6.0
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004
6.7
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004
6.9
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
7.0
The Oscars
1953
NR
Breeders
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J6
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Plus One
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The Freshening
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Flesh of the Gods
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Monsanto
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Will
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Five
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Hotel Hotel Hotel Hotel
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Untitled Adam McKay/Michael Shanks Mystery Sci-Fi Comedy
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The Parlay
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Kings of America
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