John Requa
American screenwriter
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John Requa is an American screenwriter (with Glenn Ficarra) of Cats & Dogs, Bad Santa and the 2005 remake Bad News Bears.
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| Occupations | Screenwriter, film director |
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 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
| Year | Title | |||
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| Director | Writer | Notes | ||
| 2001 | Cats & Dogs | No | Yes | Also co-producer |
| 2003 | 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 | |
Executive producer
- Storks (2016)
- DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
Television
| Year | Title | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
