John Requa

Requa (left) with Glenn Ficarra at the Sydney Crazy, Stupid, Love. premiere in September 2011

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

The DVD commentary for Bad News Bears revealed that Requa was to have had a bit role in the film, but it was not shot.

Requa and Ficcara directed Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor in their screenplay I Love You Phillip Morris.[1]

Early life

Requa grew up in Burien, Washington, a suburb of Seattle,[2] 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 morphing of Ghostbusters and the Christmas Trees sketch from Saturday Night Live. In it, Requa played the killer fern. For another assembly later that year he wrote a skit about an almighty creator named Sven.

Requa attended Highline at the same time as Dana Newton, who became a senior producer on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Randy Dixon who is an internationally known improv artist who heads Unexpected Productions in Seattle, and Mike Starr who was the original Bassist for Alice in Chains and recently seen on season three of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.

Requa graduated from the film program at the Pratt Institute in the early 90s.[3] While there he met and began his long association with writing partner Glenn Ficarra.

Professional career

As best as is known, all of John Requa's professional work has been in association with his writing partner Glenn Ficarra.

Requa and Ficarra wrote numerous episodes of The Angry Beavers, an animated show in production 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.[4]

The pair directed Focus, starring Will Smith and Margot Robbie, and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, starring Tina Fey and Robbie.[5]

Filmography

Film

Year Film
Director Writer Producer Notes
2001 Cats & Dogs No Yes Yes
2003 Bad Santa No Yes No
Looney Tunes: Back in Action No Story No
2005 Bad News Bears No Yes No
2009 I Love You Phillip Morris Yes Yes No Directorial Debut
2011 Crazy, Stupid, Love Yes No No
2015 Focus Yes Yes No
2016 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Yes No No
Storks No No executive
2018 Smallfoot No Story Yes
2019 Jungle Cruise No Yes No
2020 Scooby No No executive
TBA Untitled Harley Quinn and Joker Project Yes Yes Yes

Television

Year Film
Director Writer Producer Notes
1998-2000 The Angry Beavers No Yes No 16 episodes
2013-2014 Back in the Game No No executive
2015- Patriot No No executive

References

  1. ↑ "Jim Carrey Set for Phillip Morris".
  2. ↑ Madigan, Nick (July 12, 2001). "Requa and Ficarra: From Art House to Dog's House". Variety.
  3. ↑ Madigan, Nick (July 12, 2001). "Requa and Ficarra: From Art House to Dog's House". Variety.
  4. ↑ "The Angry Beavers Episode Guide".
  5. ↑ "Filming Starts for the Taliban Shuffle Adaptation, Starring Tina Fey". comingsoon.net. February 11, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
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