Michael McCullers

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Michael McCullers (born 1971) is an American writer and director.

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Early life

A native of Vestavia Hills, Alabama, McCullers attended Indian Springs School which is a private high school in Indian Springs Village, Alabama. [1] He was awarded a National Merit Scholarship.

Career

McCullers began his career as a writer for Saturday Night Live . He co-wrote the scripts for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and Austin Powers in Goldmember , from the Austin Powers film series which stars Mike Myers. They are his best known work.

McCullers wrote and directed the 2008 comedy Baby Mama . Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are in the film. [2] In 1999, he signed a deal with New Line Cinema to write comedies. [3]

He wrote the 2017 film The Boss Baby for DreamWorks Animation, and with Genndy Tartakovsky co-wrote Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) for Sony Pictures Animation. [4]

In 2023, he was brought on to write material for the film Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken .

He will write Shrek 5 for DreamWorks Animation, [5] and was working on the script for Frogkisser!, a live-action/animation hybrid adaptation of Garth Nix's children's book for Blue Sky Studios. [6]

Personal life

McCullers lives in Los Angeles [7] with his wife and four children. [8]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me NoYes
2002 Undercover Brother NoYes
Austin Powers in Goldmember NoYes
2004 Thunderbirds NoYes
2008 Baby Mama YesYes
2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman NoYesAdditional Screenplay Material
2017 The Boss Baby NoYes
2018 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation NoYes
2021 The Boss Baby: Family Business NoYesStory with Tom McGrath
2023 Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken NoYesAdditional Screenplay Material with Meghan Mallow, Kirk DeMicco and Faryn Pearl
2026 Shrek 5 NoYes

Television

YearTitleDirectorWriterExecutive
Producer
Notes
1997–1998 Saturday Night Live NoYesNo20 episodes
2000Saturday Night Live:
The Best of Chris Farley
NoYesNoDocumentary special
2005Enough About MeYesYesYesTV movie
2009 Parks and Recreation YesNoNoEpisode "Boys' Club"

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