John Requa (born January 1, 1967) 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 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 Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (; born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. Known for her comedic roles in sketch comedy, television and film, Fey has received List of awards and nominations received by Tina Fe ...

and Robbie. More recently, his Zaftig company signed a deal with Fox Entertainment.

Filmography

Film

Executive producer * '' Storks'' (2016) * '' DC League of Super-Pets'' (2022)

Television

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Requa, John 1967 births Living people American male screenwriters Pratt Institute alumni People from Burien, Washington Film directors from Washington (state) Screenwriters from Washington (state) Highline High School alumni