John Requa | |
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Born | January 1, 1967 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, film director |
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]
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.
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]
Year | Title | |||
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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 | |
Year | Title | ||||
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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 2 episodes |
2022 | WeCrashed | Yes | Yes | No | |
2023 | Rabbit Hole | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2025 | Paradise | Yes | Yes | No | Co-directed 4 episodes |
Requa grew up in Burien and graduated from Highline High School.