Glenn Ficarra

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1971-05-27 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

New Jersey, U.S.

Glenn Ficarra

Biography

Glenn Ficarra (born May 27, 1969) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He has frequently collaborated with John Requa. Ficarra is the son of Marianne and Robert F. Ficarra, grandchild of Theresa (née Filippone) and Frank Ficarra, and brother of Chris Ficarra. Ficarra attended St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel Township, New Jersey. Ficarra met John Requa at Pratt Institute, where both were studying film. After college, Requa and Ficarra went to work in animation for the Nickelodeon TV channel. As writers, they wrote the comedy films Cats & Dogs (directed by Lawrence Guterman), Bad Santa (directed by Terry Zwigoff), an...

Acting

2001

Cats & Dogs

as Russian Blue (voice)

Production

2003

Bad Santa

as Writer

2001

Cats & Dogs

as Screenplay

2005

Bad News Bears

as Screenplay

2022

DC League of Super-Pets

as Executive Producer

2011

2021

Jungle Cruise

as Screenplay

2015

Focus

as Director

2016

2015

Focus

as Writer

2016

Storks

as Executive Producer

-

Misadventure

as Director

2018

Smallfoot

as Producer

2017

The Lego Batman Movie

as Creative Consultant

-

-

16 States

as Producer

-

16 States

as Screenplay

2019

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

as Creative Consultant

2018

Smallfoot

as Story

-

Guys and Dolls

as Screenplay

2021

Jungle Cruise

as Screenstory

2016

Bad Santa 2

as Characters

-

Misadventure

as Executive Producer

© All Rights Reserved 2025