Chris McKenna (writer)
Chris McKenna | |
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.jpg) McKenna on a Community panel at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2014. | |
| Born | December 3, 1969 Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Television writer, film producer, screenwriter, television producer |
| Years active | 1993-present |
Chris McKenna is an American television writer, film producer, screenwriter, and television producer. He has written for American Dad!, Community,[1] and The Mindy Project.
Career[edit]
McKenna was an uncredited writer on the 2004 film The Girl Next Door, having developed the screenplay with director Luke Greenfield. He was denied credit by the WGA arbitration process.[2]
In 2008 Mckenna wrote the movie Igor.
McKenna wrote some of Community's most critically acclaimed episodes, including "Paradigms of Human Memory", "Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design", and the Emmy- and Hugo-nominated "Remedial Chaos Theory". He also co-wrote (along with his brother Matt McKenna) one of the most acclaimed episodes of American Dad!, "Rapture's Delight."[3]
During his time as a writer for American Dad, he met Erik Sommers, who would later become his writing partner. Together they have since written for The Lego Batman Movie, Spider-Man: Homecoming and its sequels, Far from Home, No Way Home, along with Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Ant-Man and the Wasp.[4][5]
Having worked with the Russo brothers on the sitcom Community, McKenna contributed to the script of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, by writing jokes for the film.[citation needed]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
| Year | Film | Credit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | The Thing Called Love | Assistant | |
| Little Miss Millions | Production assistant | ||
| 1994 | Greedy | Assistant | As Christopher McKenna |
| 1995 | Grumpier Old Men | ||
| 2008 | Registered Sex Offender | Executive producer | |
| Igor | Written by, Actor | Killiseum Fan #5 (voice) | |
| 2009 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Special thanks | |
| 2017 | The Lego Batman Movie | Screenplay by | Co-wrote screenplay with Erik Sommers, Seth Grahame-Smith, Jared Stern and John Whittington |
| Spider-Man: Homecoming | Co-wrote screenplay with Erik Sommers, Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Jon Watts and Christopher Ford | ||
| Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Screenplay by, screen story by | Co-wrote screenplay with Erik Sommers, Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner | |
| 2018 | Ant-Man and the Wasp | Written by | Co-wrote with Erik Sommers, Paul Rudd, Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari |
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Co-wrote with Erik Sommers | |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Co-wrote with Erik Sommers |
Television[edit]
| Year | Film | Credit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005–2011 | American Dad! | Staff writer, writer, story editor, executive story editor, supervising producer and producer | |
| 2010–2015 | Community | Writer, co-executive producer, executive producer | Nominated–Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series ("Remedial Chaos Theory") Nominated–Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation – Short Form Nominated–Online Film & Television Association Television Award for Best Writing in a Comedy Series |
| 2012–2014 | The Mindy Project | Writer, co-executive producer | Nominated–Writers Guild of America Award for Television: New Series |
References[edit]
- ^ Dropped Last Year, ‘Community’ Creator Returns June 10, 2013 NYT
- ^ "What Really Goes Into Making A Cult Favorite". HuffPost. April 15, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ^ McFarland, Kevin. ""O, Brother, Where Bart Thou?"/"A Cleveland Brown Christmas"/"Business Guy"/"Rapture's Delight"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ^ Jim (July 8, 2019). "Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers Talk "Spider-Man: Far From Home"". Creative Screenwriting. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
- ^ Schaefer, Sandy (April 17, 2019). "Spider-Man: Far From Home Release Date Moves Up 3 Days". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on April 17, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
External links[edit]
| General | |
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| National libraries | |
