Adam McKay
Adam McKay (Adam McKay) , born on April 17, 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, is an American director, screenwriter, producer and actor.
In 1995, Adam McKay started his acting career as a screenwriter and actor on the NBC night variety show " Saturday Night Live ". In 2001, he withdrew from the "Saturday Night Live" program group
[1]
. In 2002, he dubbed the animated film "God Doesn't Like Manga". In 2004, directed his first film " Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy "
[2]
. In 2007, he co-founded the comedy video website "Entertainment to Death" with Will Ferrell and others
[3]
. In 2008, he wrote and directed the comedy film " Step Brothers "
[4]
. In 2010, the action comedy film " The Other Guys " directed by him was released
[5]
.
In 2013, directed the comedy film " Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2: The Legend Continues "
[6]
. In 2015, he served as the screenwriter for the sci-fi action movie " Ant-Man "
[7]
; in the same year, he wrote and directed the feature film " The Big Short "
[8]
, which won the 88th Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay
[9]
With the film, he was shortlisted for the best director of the 88th Academy Awards
[10]
. In 2018, he directed the comedy biographical film " Vice "
[11]
, with which he was nominated for the 91st Academy Awards for Best Director
[12]
. In 2019, with the TV series " Succession Season 1 ", he won the 71st American Directors Guild Awards for the Best Director of a Drama Series
[13]
.
Performing Experience
In 1995, Adam McKay started his acting career as a screenwriter and actor on the NBC night variety show " Saturday Night Live ". In 2001, with the variety show "Saturday Night Live", he was shortlisted for the 53rd Emmy Awards for Other and Technology Awards-Variety/Music/Comedy Special Program Best Screenplay Award; in the same year, he withdrew from the "Saturday Night Live" program group
.
In 2002, he dubbed the animated film "God Doesn't Like Manga". In 2004, directed his first film " Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy "
. In 2006, the sports comedy film " Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby " directed by him was released
.
In 2007, he co-founded the comedy video website "Entertainment to Death" with Will Ferrell and others
; in the same year, directed the short film "The Landlord"; subsequently, directed the drama short film "Good Cop, Baby Cop". In 2008, he wrote and directed the comedy film " Step Brothers " co-starring Will Ferrell and John Christopher Reilly
.
In 2010, the action comedy film " The Other Guys " directed by him was released. The film tells the story of two New York Police officers who dealt with official documents and made a lot of jokes while trying to get ahead while on duty
. In the same year, Served as the producer of the comedy movie " The Virginity Hit "
. In 2013, directed the comedy film " Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2: The Legend Continues ", which was co-starred by Will Ferrell and Steven John Carell
.
In 2015, he served as the screenwriter for the sci-fi action movie " Ant-Man " directed by Peyton Reed
; in the same year, he wrote and directed the feature film " The Big Short " co-starring Christian Charles Philip Bale and Steven John Carell
, the film Based on the adaptation of the novel of the same name by Michael Lewis, he won the Best Adapted Screenplay at
the 88th Academy Awards
. With this film, he was nominated for the Best Director at the 88th Academy Awards . In 2017, directed the comedy "I Love You, the First Season of America" starring Sarah Silverman and Mather Zecor.
In 2018, he served as the screenwriter of the movie " Ant-Man and the Wasp "
; in the same year, he directed the comedy biographical film " Vice " co-starring Christian Charles Philip Bale , Amy Adams and Steven John Carell
. With this film, he was nominated for the 91st Oscar. The Best Director Award at the Academy Awards
. In 2019, he co-directed the TV series " Succession Season 1 " with Mark Mylod , Adam Arkin, etc. , for which he won the 71st American Directors Guild Awards for Best Director in a Drama Series
.
In April 2020, the filming of "Don't Look Up" directed by him started, starring Jennifer Lawrence.
On November 19 of the same year, the filming of his comedy " Don't Look Upwards " started in Boston. Adam McKay also served as the screenwriter and producer of the film
.
Character Evaluation
The height of 196cm makes Adam McKay look like a naive uncle
, but as a director, he is quite caring
. He seems to be very keen to link the laughter with politics. The serious core of the sword is in the tradition, which shows his ambition
. Moreover, he can make the film not lose the sense of humor when there is anger, which also adds some different content to the film, which other directors may not be able to do
. In the movie "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy", Adam McKay gave Ron Burgundy a new legendary experience, making this somewhat surreal lunatic even more unique .
