Adam McKay

Adam McKay born April 17 1968 is an American screenwriter producer and director McKay began his career as a head writer for the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live SNL from 1995 to 2001 After leaving SNL McKay collaborated with comedian Will Ferrell on his comedy films Anchorman The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2004 Talladega Nights The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 2006 and The Other Guys 2010 Ferrell and McKay later cowrote and coproduced numerous television series and films with McKay himself coproducing their website Funny or Die through their company Gary Sanchez Productions Aside from working with Ferrell McKay wrote and directed the satirical films The Big Short 2015 Vice 2018 and Dont Look Up 2021 McKay won an Academy Award a BAFTA and a Critics Choice Award for adapting the screenplay of The Big Short In 2019 McKay founded Hyperobject Industries a production company Description above from the Wikipedia article Adam McKay licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia