Christopher McQuarrie

Christopher McQuarrie

writer, producer, director

Christopher McQuarrie was born on Oct 25, 1968 in USA. Christopher McQuarrie's big-screen debut came with The Usual Suspects directed by Bryan Singer in 1995. Christopher McQuarrie is known for Top Gun: Maverick directed by Joseph Kosinski, Tom Cruise stars as Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and Val Kilmer as Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky. Christopher McQuarrie has got 10 awards and 7 nominations so far. The most recent award Christopher McQuarrie achieved is Location Managers Guild International Awards (LMGI). The upcoming new movie Christopher McQuarrie plays is Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One which will be released on Jul 12, 2023.

Christopher McQuarrie is an acclaimed producer, director and an Academy Award® winning writer. McQuarrie grew up in Princeton Junction, New Jersey and in lieu of college, he spent the first five years out of school traveling and working at a detective agency. He later moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film.In 1995, his screenplay for The Usual Suspects, directed by childhood pal, Bryan Singer, garnered him the Academy Award® and the BAFTA Award for "Best Original Screenplay". McQuarrie also went on to win the Edgar Allan Poe Award and the Independent Spirit Award. The Usual Suspects has been named one of the greatest screenplays of all time by the Writer's Guild of America.In the years following, McQuarrie directed The Way of the Gun, starring Ryan Phillippe, Benicio Del Toro and James Caan. In 2008, he collaborate with Singer once again to produce and co-write Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise. This film would lead to many more McQuarrie-Cruise collaborations. McQuarrie re-teamed with Cruise in 2012 for his sophomore directorial outing, Jack Reacher Within hours of completing the film, he was at work with Cruise again, this time re-writing the script for Doug Liman's Edge of Tomorrow. It was while working together on the sci-fi action film that Cruise suggested McQuarrie direct what would become Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation. The highly anticipated fifth installment of the Ethan Hunt saga, written also by McQuarrie, garnered the biggest opening in the history of the Mission: Impossible franchise, was the highest-grossing 2D Hollywood film ever at the Chinese box office, earning $124 million, and garnered over $680 million worldwide. McQuarrie is confirmed to write and direct the sixth chapter in the franchise, making him the first repeat director in the film's two-decade history.

  • Birthday

    Oct 25, 1968
  • Place of Birth

    Princeton, New Jersey, USA
  • Also known

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Known For

Awards

10 wins & 7 nominations

Location Managers Guild International Awards (LMGI)
2020
Winner - Eva Monley Award
20/20 Awards
2016
Best Original Screenplay
Winner - Felix
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