Christopher McQuarrie
Princeton Junction, New Jersey, USA
Born: 1968-10-25
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Biography:
Christopher McQuarrie (born October 25, 1968) is an American filmmaker. He received the BAFTA Award, Independent Spirit Award, and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the neo-noir mystery film The Usual Suspects (1995). He made his directorial debut with the crime thriller film The Way of the Gun (2000). He is a frequent collaborator with Tom Cruise, having written and directed the action films Jack Reacher (2012), Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning (2023), and an untitled eighth Mission: Impossible film (2025). He was also a part of the writing and/or producing team on the films Valkyrie (2008), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016), The Mummy (2017), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022), the last of which received Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture.
Credits
Public Access | Cop #1 / Our Town Caller | 1993-01-21 |
Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star | Self (archive footage) | 2023-07-28 |
Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects' | self | |
Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around | Self | 2013-05-07 |
North by Northwest: One for the Ages | Self | 2009-11-03 |
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