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Christopher McQuarrie

Christopher McQuarrie

Christopher McQuarrie (born October 25, 1968) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. 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).  McQuarrie is a frequent collaborator with Tom Cruise, having written and directed the action films Jack Reacher (2012), as well as four instalments of the Mission: Impossible film series: Rogue Nation (2015), Fallout (2018), Dead Reckoning (2023), and The Final Reckoning (2025). He was also a part of the writing and/or producing team on the Cruise 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Christopher McQuarrie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

On screen

  • Making Mission: Impossible - A 10 News First Special
  • Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
  • Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star
  • Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
  • Mission: Impossible - Fallout
  • Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around
  • North by Northwest: One for the Ages
  • The Valkyrie Legacy
  • Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
  • The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
  • Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
  • Nothing Is What It Seems: The Making Of 'The Usual Suspects'
  • The Usual Suspects
  • Public Access

Behind the camera

  • Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
  • Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
  • Top Gun: Maverick
  • Mission: Impossible - Fallout
  • The Mummy
  • Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
  • Edge of Tomorrow
  • Jack the Giant Slayer
  • Jack Reacher
  • The Tourist
  • Valkyrie
  • The Way of the Gun
  • The Usual Suspects
  • Public Access
  • Broadsword

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