
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 19…
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Filmography
Crew (41)
Movies (26)
DC League of Super-Pets
2022Executive Producer
Jungle Cruise
2021Screenplay
Jungle Cruise
2021Screenstory
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019Creative Consultant
Smallfoot
2018Producer
Smallfoot
2018Story
The Lego Batman Movie
2017Creative Consultant
Storks
2016Executive Producer
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016Director
Bad Santa 2
2016Characters
Focus
2015Director
Focus
2015Writer
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
2011Director
I Love You Phillip Morris
2010Director
I Love You Phillip Morris
2010Writer
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010Characters
Bad News Bears
2005Screenplay
Bad Santa
2003Writer
Cats & Dogs
2001Screenplay
Misadventure
Director
Misadventure
Executive Producer
Honeymoon with Harry
Director
King of the Jungle
Director
Guys and Dolls
Screenplay
16 States
Producer
16 States
Screenplay
Television (15)
Paradise
2025Director
Paradise
2025Executive Producer
Rabbit Hole
2023Director
Rabbit Hole
2023Executive Producer
Rabbit Hole
2023Writer
WeCrashed
2022Director
WeCrashed
2022Executive Producer
NEXT
2020Director
NEXT
2020Executive Producer
This Is Us
2016Director
This Is Us
2016Executive Producer
Patriot
2015Executive Producer
Back in the Game
2013Executive Producer
The Wild Thornberrys
1998Writer
The Angry Beavers
1997Writer
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