Chris McKenna is an American television writer, film producer, screenwriter, and television producer. He has written for American Dad!, Community,[1] and The Mindy Project, and part of the first Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-Man trilogy (2017–2021).
Chris McKenna | |
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![]() McKenna on a Community panel at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2014. | |
Born | (1969-12-03) December 3, 1969 (age 52) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Television writer, film producer, screenwriter, television producer |
Years active | 1993-present |
McKenna was an uncredited writer on the 2004 film The Girl Next Door, having developed the screenplay with director Luke Greenfield. He was denied credit by the WGA arbitration process.[2]
McKenna wrote some of Community's most critically acclaimed episodes, including "Paradigms of Human Memory", "Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design", and the Emmy- and Hugo-nominated "Remedial Chaos Theory". He also co-wrote (along with his brother Matt McKenna) one of the most acclaimed episodes of American Dad!, "Rapture's Delight".[3]
During his time as a writer for American Dad, he met Erik Sommers, who would later become his writing partner. Together they have since written for The Lego Batman Movie (2017), co-writing Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and its sequels, Far From Home (2019) and No Way Home (2021), along with Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018).[4][5]
Having worked with the Russo brothers on the sitcom Community, McKenna contributed to the script of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) by writing jokes for the film.[citation needed]
Year | Film | Credit | Notes |
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1993 | The Thing Called Love | Assistant | |
Little Miss Millions | Production assistant | ||
1994 | Greedy | Assistant | As Christopher McKenna |
1995 | Grumpier Old Men | ||
2008 | Registered Sex Offender | Executive producer | |
Igor | Written by, Actor | Killiseum Fan #5 (voice) | |
2009 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Special thanks | |
2017 | The Lego Batman Movie | Screenplay by | Co-wrote screenplay with Erik Sommers, Seth Grahame-Smith, Jared Stern and John Whittington |
Spider-Man: Homecoming | Co-wrote screenplay with Erik Sommers, Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Jon Watts and Christopher Ford | ||
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Screenplay by, screen story by | Co-wrote screenplay with Erik Sommers, Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner | |
2018 | Ant-Man and the Wasp | Written by | Co-wrote with Erik Sommers, Paul Rudd, Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari |
2019 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Co-wrote with Erik Sommers | |
2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Co-wrote with Erik Sommers | |
Year | Film | Credit | Notes |
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2005–2011 | American Dad! | Staff writer, writer, story editor, executive story editor, supervising producer and producer | |
2010–2015 | Community | Writer, co-executive producer, executive producer | Nominated–Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series ("Remedial Chaos Theory") Nominated–Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation – Short Form Nominated–Online Film & Television Association Television Award for Best Writing in a Comedy Series |
2012–2014 | The Mindy Project | Writer, co-executive producer | Nominated–Writers Guild of America Award for Television: New Series |
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