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Chris McKenna (writer)

American television and film writer and producer

Summary

American television and film writer and producer

Field	Value
name	Chris McKenna
image	Chris McKenna (14584155278) (cropped).jpg
caption	McKenna on a Community panel at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2014.
birth_place	Santa Monica, California, U.S.
years_active	1993-present
occupation	Television writer, film producer, screenwriter, television producer

Chris McKenna is an American television writer, film producer, screenwriter, and television producer. He has written for American Dad!, Community, and The Mindy Project, and part of the first Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-Man trilogy (2017–2021).

Early life

McKenna attended The Bishop's School in La Jolla, California.

Career

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.

McKenna wrote some of Communitys 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".

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 (2017), co-writing Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and its sequels, Far From Home (2019) and No Way Home (2021), along with Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018).

Having worked with the Russo brothers on the sitcom Community, McKenna contributed to the script of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) by writing jokes for the film.

McKenna is set to write the fourth Marvel Studios Spider-Man film along with his writing partner Erik Sommers. The film will be directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and will be released on July 31, 2026.

Filmography

Film

Writer

Igor (2008)
The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Ghosted (2023)
Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)

Assistant

The Thing Called Love (1993)
Little Miss Millions (1993) (Production assistant)
Greedy (1994)
Grumpier Old Men (1995)

Executive producer

Registered Sex Offender (2008)

Producer

Lousy Carter (2023)

Special thanks

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)

Television

Year	Title	Notes
2005–2011	American Dad!	Also staff writer, story editor, executive story editor and supervising producer
2010–2015	Community	Nominated–Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing ("Remedial Chaos Theory")
Nominated–Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation – Short Form
Nominated–Online Film & Television Association Television Award for Best Writing
2012–2014	The Mindy Project	Nominated–Writers Guild of America Award for Television: New Series

References

[https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/11/arts/television/dan-harmon-will-return-to-nbcs-community.html ''Dropped Last Year, ‘Community’ Creator Returns''] {{Webarchive. link. (2013-06-11 June 10, 2013 NYT)
(April 15, 2014). "What Really Goes Into Making A Cult Favorite". HuffPost.
McFarland, Kevin. ""O, Brother, Where Bart Thou?"/"A Cleveland Brown Christmas"/"Business Guy"/"Rapture's Delight"". The A.V. Club.
Jim. (July 8, 2019). "Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers Talk "Spider-Man: Far From Home"".
Schaefer, Sandy. (April 17, 2019). "Spider-Man: Far From Home Release Date Moves Up 3 Days".
Galuppo, Mia. (2025-03-12). "Sadie Sink Joins Tom Holland in 'Spider-Man 4'".

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