John Requa
John Requa | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1967年01月01日) January 1, 1967 (age 58) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, film director |
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John Requa (born January 1, 1967) is an American screenwriter (with Glenn Ficarra) of Cats & Dogs , Bad Santa and the 2005 remake Bad News Bears .
Requa and Ficarra directed Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor in their screenplay I Love You Phillip Morris .[1] For their writing on this film, Requa and Ficarra received a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.[2]
Early life
[edit ]Requa grew up in Burien, Washington, a suburb of Seattle,[3] graduating from Burien's Highline High School [4] in 1985.
Requa graduated from the film program at the Pratt Institute in the early 90s.[3] While there he met and began his long association with writing partner Glenn Ficarra.
Career
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Requa and Ficarra wrote numerous episodes of The Angry Beavers , an animated series on Nickelodeon from 1997 until 2001. Their first episode was season two's Kandid Kreatures which they followed with Dag for Night, Un-Barry-ble, Zooing Time, Sans-a-Pelt and Gonna Getcha. They went on to write eleven more episodes over the remaining three seasons of the show.[5]
The pair directed Focus , starring Will Smith and Margot Robbie, and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot , starring Tina Fey and Robbie.[6] More recently, his Zaftig company signed a deal with Fox Entertainment.[7]
Filmography
[edit ]Film
[edit ]| Year | Title | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Notes | ||
| 2001 | Cats & Dogs | No | Yes | Also co-producer |
| 2003 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | No | Story | |
| Bad Santa | No | Yes | ||
| 2005 | Bad News Bears | No | Yes | |
| 2009 | I Love You Phillip Morris | Yes | Yes | |
| 2011 | Crazy, Stupid, Love | Yes | No | |
| 2015 | Focus | Yes | Yes | |
| 2016 | Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | Yes | No | |
| 2018 | Smallfoot | No | Story | Also producer |
| 2021 | Jungle Cruise | No | Yes |
Executive producer
[edit ]- Storks (2016)
- DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
Television
[edit ]| Year | Title | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Executive Producer |
Writer | Notes | ||
| 1998 | The Wild Thornberrys | No | No | Yes | Episode "Flight of the Donnie" |
| 1998-2000 | The Angry Beavers | No | No | Yes | 16 episodes |
| 2013 | Back in the Game | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-directed "Pilot", co-wrote "Who's on First" |
| 2015-2018 | Patriot | No | Yes | No | |
| 2016–2018 | This is Us | Yes | Yes | No | 7 episodes |
| 2017 | Controversy | Yes | Yes | No | TV movie |
| 2020 | neXt | Yes | Yes | No | Co-directed "file #1"/"file #2" |
| 2022 | WeCrashed | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2023 | Rabbit Hole | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2025 | Paradise | Yes | Yes | No | 4 episodes |
References
[edit ]- ^ "Jim Carrey Set for Phillip Morris".
- ^ "Writers Guild Awards". Writers Guild of America. January 4, 2011. Archived from the original on January 8, 2011.
- ^ a b Madigan, Nick (July 12, 2001). "Requa and Ficarra: From Art House to Dog's House". Variety. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013.
- ^ Macdonald, Moira (July 30, 2011). "'Crazy, Stupid, Love' directors hit the Hollywood big time". The Seattle Times . Retrieved May 22, 2019.
Requa grew up in Burien and graduated from Highline High School.
- ^ "The Angry Beavers Episode Guide".
- ^ "Filming Starts for the Taliban Shuffle Adaptation, Starring Tina Fey". comingsoon.net. February 11, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
- ^ White, Peter (October 5, 2020). "John Requa & Glenn Ficarra Strike Broadcast First-Look Deal With Fox Entertainment". Deadline. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
External links
[edit ]- Media related to John Requa at Wikimedia Commons
- John Requa at IMDb
