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Christopher McQuarrie

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Christopher McQuarrie

Born October 25, 1968 in Princeton Junction, New Jersey, USA18 films

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).

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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.

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The Usual Suspects posterFirst watchThe Usual Suspects19958.2Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four…View film

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Filmography

18 films
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  8. 2018Mission: Impossible - FalloutWriter
  9. 2017The MummyScreenplay
  10. 2015Mission: Impossible - Rogue NationStory
  11. 2014Edge of TomorrowScreenplay
  12. 2013Jack the Giant SlayerScreenplay
  13. 2012Jack ReacherScreenplay
  14. 2010The TouristScreenplay
  15. 2008ValkyrieScreenplay
  16. 2000The Way of the GunScreenplay
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