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Adam McKay
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Executive Producer
Biography:Born in the Windy City in 1968, the television sketch comedy scripter, big screen writer/director, and occasional performer Adam McKay first entered the public eye (and established himself professionally) when he helped found the Upright Citizens Brigade comic improv troupe in 1990, alongside Matt Besser, Ian Roberts, Horatio Sanz, and others. McKay subsequently worked at the ImprovOlympic theater in Chicago and joined the cast of SCTV, contributing heavily to its infamous sketch "The PiƱata Full of Bees." Later (in the early '90s), McKay auditioned for the cast of Saturday Night Live. He failed to make the cut as an SNL performer, but submitted (highly politicized) material to the program which was so sharp and funny that it secured him a position as a regular SNL contributor (of scripts and occasional short films) from 1995 through 2001. For three of those years, McKay served as SNL head writer;... Full Biography
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Writer/director Adam McKay on the set of "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby"
Will Ferrell and writer/director Adam McKay on the set of "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky...
Will Ferrell and writer/director Adam McKay on the set of "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky...
Adam McKay, director and Sony's Matt Tolmach
Jimmy Miller, producer, Adam McKay, director and Sony's Matt Tolmach
Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, director
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