John Requa

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1967-01-01 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Burien, Seattle, Washington, USA

John Requa

Biography

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. Requa grew up in Burien, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, graduating from Burien's Highline High School in 1985. His talents as a writer were evident when he wrote and performed in a skit for his senior year Homecoming assembly titled "Fernbusters". It was a ...

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 Screenstory

2021

Jungle Cruise

as Screenplay

2015

Focus

as Director

2016

2015

Focus

as Writer

2016

Storks

as Executive Producer

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Misadventure

as Director

2018

Smallfoot

as Producer

2017

The Lego Batman Movie

as Creative Consultant

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16 States

as Screenplay

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16 States

as Producer

2019

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

as Creative Consultant

2018

Smallfoot

as Story

-

Guys and Dolls

as Screenplay

2016

Bad Santa 2

as Characters

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Misadventure

as Executive Producer

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