Adam McKay is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on April 17, 1968 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Best known for directing and co-writing the Will Ferrell comedy films Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and Step Brothers. He earned Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for his 2015 film The Big Short. He also co-founded the comedy website Funny or Die with Ferrell.
He directed Steve Carell in Anchorman and Anchorman 2.
McKay was born in 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to a cocktail waitress mother, Sarah, and a bassist father. He graduated from Great Valley High School in Malvern, Pennsylvania, and attended Penn State and Temple University. McKay dropped out from the university a semester-and-a-half before he was set to earn his bachelor’s degree. He described it as “settling with an imaginary degree”.
Adam McKay (born April 17, 1968) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, comedian, and actor. McKay served as head writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live for two seasons. He directed Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), Step Brothers (2008), The Other Guys (2010), and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013), all of which he co-wrote with his creative partner Will Ferrell. Together McKay and Ferrell have co-written and produced numerous TV series and films, and produced their comedy website Funny or Die and HBO’s Eastbound & Down through their company Gary Sanchez Productions.
He married Shira Piven in 1996. He has two daughters named Pearl and Lili McKay.
