John Requa

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John Requa
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Born (1967-01-01) January 1, 1967 (age 58)
NationalityAmerican
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 .

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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

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

Requa (left) with Steve Carell (center) and Glenn Ficarra at the Sydney Crazy, Stupid, Love. premiere in September 2011 John Requa, Steve Carell and Glenn Ficarra.jpg
Requa (left) with Steve Carell (center) and Glenn Ficarra at the Sydney Crazy, Stupid, Love. premiere in September 2011

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

Film

YearTitle
Director Writer Notes
2001 Cats & Dogs NoYesAlso co-producer
2003 Looney Tunes: Back in Action NoStory
Bad Santa NoYes
2005 Bad News Bears NoYes
2009 I Love You Phillip Morris YesYes
2011 Crazy, Stupid, Love YesNo
2015 Focus YesYes
2016 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot YesNo
2018 Smallfoot NoStoryAlso producer
2021 Jungle Cruise NoYes

Executive producer

Television

YearTitle
DirectorExecutive
Producer
WriterNotes
1998 The Wild Thornberrys NoNoYesEpisode "Flight of the Donnie"
1998–2000 The Angry Beavers NoNoYes16 episodes
2013 Back in the Game YesYesYesCo-directed "Pilot", co-wrote "Who's on First"
2015–2018 Patriot NoYesNo
2016–2018 This is Us YesYesNo7 episodes
2017ControversyYesYesNoTV movie
2020 neXt YesYesNoCo-directed 2 episodes
2022 WeCrashed YesYesNo
2023 Rabbit Hole YesYesYes
2025 Paradise YesYesNoCo-directed 4 episodes

References

  1. "Jim Carrey Set for Phillip Morris".
  2. "Writers Guild Awards". Writers Guild of America. January 4, 2011. Archived from the original on January 8, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Madigan, Nick (July 12, 2001). "Requa and Ficarra: From Art House to Dog's House". Variety. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013.
  4. 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.
  5. "The Angry Beavers Episode Guide".
  6. "Filming Starts for the Taliban Shuffle Adaptation, Starring Tina Fey". comingsoon.net. February 11, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  7. White, Peter (October 5, 2020). "John Requa & Glenn Ficarra Strike Broadcast First-Look Deal With Fox Entertainment". Deadline. Retrieved October 6, 2020.