About
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 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...
Known for
This Is UsSeries • 2016
ParadiseSeries • 2025
The Wild ThornberrysSeries • 1998
The Angry BeaversSeries • 1997
The Lego Batman MovieMovie • 2017
Crazy, Stupid, Love.Movie • 2011
DC League of Super-PetsMovie • 2022
WeCrashedSeries • 2022
Jungle CruiseMovie • 2021
The Lego Movie 2: The Second PartMovie • 2019
Rabbit HoleSeries • 2023
PatriotSeries • 2015
NEXTSeries • 2020
FocusMovie • 2015
SmallfootMovie • 2018
StorksMovie • 2016
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty GaloreMovie • 2010
Whiskey Tango FoxtrotMovie • 2016
Cats & DogsMovie • 2001
Bad SantaMovie • 2003
Bad Santa 2Movie • 2016
Back in the GameSeries • 2013
I Love You Phillip MorrisMovie • 2010
Bad News BearsMovie • 2005