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John Requa

American screenwriter

Summary

American screenwriter

Field	Value
name	John Requa
image	John Requa (cropped).jpg
nationality	American
occupation	Screenwriter, film director

John Requa is an American screenwriter (with Glenn Ficarra) of Cats & Dogs, Bad Santa and the 2005 remake Bad News Bears.

Requa and Ficarra directed Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor in their screenplay I Love You Phillip Morris. For their writing on this film, Requa and Ficarra received a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Early life

Requa grew up in Burien, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, graduating from Burien's Highline High School in 1985.

Requa graduated from the film program at the Pratt Institute in the early 90s. While there he met and began his long association with writing partner Glenn Ficarra.

Career

Requa (left) with [[Steve Carell]] (center) and [[Glenn Ficarra]] at the Sydney ''[[Crazy, Stupid, Love.]]'' premiere in September 2011

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.

The pair directed Focus, starring Will Smith and Margot Robbie, and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, starring Tina Fey and Robbie. More recently, his Zaftig company signed a deal with Fox Entertainment.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Notes
2001	Cats & Dogs	Also co-producer
2003	Bad Santa
2005	Bad News Bears
2009	I Love You Phillip Morris
2011	Crazy, Stupid, Love
2015	Focus
2016	Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2018	Smallfoot	Also producer
2021	Jungle Cruise

Executive producer

Storks (2016)
DC League of Super-Pets (2022)

Television

Year	Title	Director
Producer	Writer	Notes
1998	The Wild Thornberrys		Episode "Flight of the Donnie"
1998–2000	The Angry Beavers		16 episodes
2013	Back in the Game		Co-directed "Pilot", co-wrote "Who's on First"
2015–2018	Patriot
2016–2018	This is Us		7 episodes
2017	Controversy		TV movie
2020	neXt		Co-directed 2 episodes
2022	WeCrashed
2023	Rabbit Hole
2025	Paradise		Co-directed 4 episodes

References

"Jim Carrey Set for Phillip Morris".
(January 4, 2011). "Writers Guild Awards". [[Writers Guild of America]].
Madigan, Nick. (July 12, 2001). "Requa and Ficarra: From Art House to Dog's House". Variety.
Macdonald, Moira. (July 30, 2011). "'Crazy, Stupid, Love' directors hit the Hollywood big time". [[The Seattle Times]].
"The Angry Beavers Episode Guide".
(February 11, 2015). "Filming Starts for the Taliban Shuffle Adaptation, Starring Tina Fey". comingsoon.net.
White, Peter. (October 5, 2020). "John Requa & Glenn Ficarra Strike Broadcast First-Look Deal With Fox Entertainment".

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